Walhi sets up shelter for evictees
Walhi sets up shelter for evictees
JAKARTA: The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Forum for the
Environment (Walhi Jakarta) has set up four centers to distribute
relief package to evicted squatters.
Walhi Jakarta said in a press release that the centers -- set
up by the forum in collaboration with a number of non-
governmental organizations, including Women's Solidarity, the
Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation and the Jakarta Legal
Aid Institute -- will provide food, clothes and stationery to the
evictees.
The centers are located in Cengkareng Timur, Tanjung Duren
Selatan and Kampung Baru in West Jakarta, and Muara Angke in
North Jakarta.
Those who want to make donations can contact Walhi Jakarta at
Jl. Baung No.3 in Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, telephone/fax
7815174. Or you can email them at: jakarta@walhi.or.id.
About 22,000 people have been evicted from their homes over
the last two months. -- JP
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One killed in daylight robbery
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One killed in daylight robbery
DEPOK: Armed robbers held up four civil servants from the
National Land Agency (BPN) in Depok on Monday afternoon, killing
one. The robbery took place at about 11 a.m. on Jl. Pramuka
Pitara in Pancoran Mas district, Depok.
The four civil servants -- Safe'i, Zainudin, Suharno and
Sugiono -- had withdrawn Rp 150 million (US$17,647) from the Bank
BCA branch on Jl. Raya Bogor in Cimanggis, Depok, to pay the
salaries of the civil servants in their office.
Police say that four robbers on two motorcycles followed the
civil servants from the moment they left the bank in their car.
When they reached Jl. Pramuka Pitara, the four robbers pulled
up alongside the vehicle and pointed their guns at Suharno, who
was driving. The robbers fired several shots into the vehicle
when Suharno attempted to flee, hitting Sugiono in the chest.
The robbers then grabbed the bag with the money from inside
the car and fled.
Suharno drove to the Pancoran Mas Police station, about two
kilometers from the scene of the robbery. Police took Sugiono to
the Bakti Yudha Hospital, where he died an hour later from severe
blood loss.
Pancoran Mas Police chief Adj. Comr. Antonius Sudjito said his
officers were investigating the case. -- JP
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400 artesian wells are without permits
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400 artesian wells are without permits
BOGOR: About 400 of the 1,000 artesian wells in Bogor regency
do not have proper permits, said the head of the regency's
underground water division, Jhonny Alibasyah.
"It's about fairness. Water is supposed to be for the people's
interest. A person or a company must apply for a license before
drilling an artesian well," he said on Monday.
Jhonny said he had sent warning letters to companies and
hotels in the districts of Cijeruk, Ciawi, Cisarua and
Megamendung.
"These businesspeople did not respond. In fact, they set up a
coalition to boycott the regency administration. They claimed
that we had made it difficult for them to obtain the licenses,"
he said.
Jhonny said the companies and hotels were in violation of
Bylaw No. 18/2000 on water as a natural resource.
He said if the administration did not control the use of
underground water, it would lead to environmental damage in the
future. -- JP