[Kabar-indonesia] 13 Jakarta City Articles: Drivers & cell phones; Monorail; 'Getek'; Clash...

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13 Jakarta city news reports:

- Groups quick to criticize monorail support plans

- Drivers asked to put down cell phones

- East Jakarta municipality to move vendors for busway
  construction

- Ministers test drive semi-express trains

- Shopping on the bus helps beat the traffic

- 'It is our obligation to build septic tanks'

- 'Getek' the last remains of Jakarta's Venetian past

- Minimalist bus shelters to ward off 'invaders'

- Police to launch traffic operation

- Pedophile suspect 'on the loose'

- Illiteracy on the rise in Tangerang

- Govt must educate the public about sanitation'

- Clash frightens off Lai Field residents

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The Jakarta Post 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Groups quick to criticize monorail support plans

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

An environmental group and a transportation
organization have criticized the city administration's
plans to build support facilities for the monorail
project.

The proposed facilities would include feeder bus
stations, a "park-and-ride" service and an electronic
road pricing (ERP) system that would oblige car
drivers to pay a fee when entering a monorail route.

"I doubt those (facilities) will really solve the
capital's chronic traffic jams as they will only be a
complement to the monorail," a representative of the
Indonesian Institute of Transportation told The
Jakarta Post on Sunday.

Wayhudin said he believed the planned facilities could
result in new traffic jams.

"We know that the new facilities will invite more
vehicles to other areas. Have they (the
administration) thought about that?" he said.

He also said he was unconvinced the administration had
conducted an economic and social feasibility study on
the ERP to confirm the impact it would have on the
surrounding area, as it would mean access to some
roads would be closed.

Tubagus Haryon Karbyanto, a member of the Jakarta
Environment Caucus, said he too thought the ideas were
not well planned.

"From the start, the city should have mentioned the
plan even before the monorail project began so that we
could establish an integrated transportation system in
Jakarta to reduce the traffic," he said.

He added that the city administration needed to manage
the city's transportation problem and its solution in
a wider context.

"We cannot think like 'we have a problem with the
monorail and we need a solution' and 'we have problem
with the busway and we need a solution'," Tubagus
said.

Both men said they felt the plan had been announced
too quickly, seemed "premature" and did not work with
the city's Macro Transportation Pattern.

The city administration said Thursday it planned to
provide the types of supporting facility for the
monorail in an effort to avoid a passenger shortfall.
Both the central government and the city
administration have agreed to guarantee the passenger
shortfall on a fifty-fifty basis to the value of
US$22.5 million over five years in the case of
passenger numbers falling below 160,000 a day.

Wahyudin said the support facilities were not just
focused on avoiding a shortfall but also on solving
the city's traffic congestion.

He added that the administration needed to consider
prioritizing the things needed to be done to manage
the city's chaotic transportation system.

"Is providing the facility a major concern?" he said,
adding that the administration also needed to consider
the money needed to build the support structures.

Meanwhile, Tubagus said the administration should
focus on providing supporting facilities for the
busway before looking at the monorail.

"Busway corridors I, II and III are yet to have
optimal feeder bus stations, so how come they want to
build a new one for the monorail?" he said.

The number of vehicles in Jakarta grows by ten percent
a year, while street area increases by just one
percent. The Jakarta Police recorded at least 1.6
million cars operating in the city last year, while up
to 400 new motor vehicle licenses are issued every
day.

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The Jakarta Post 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Drivers asked to put down cell phones

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Jakarta Police Chief Insp. Gen. Adang Firman asked
people Monday not to use their cellular phones while
driving, in an attempt to reduce traffic accidents
caused by driver negligence.

Adang said the Jakarta Police were also considering
issuing a regulation prohibiting the use of cellular
phones while operating a motor vehicle. Under the 1999
Law on Police, they have the authority to issue such
regulations.

"We will have to carry out an evaluation of the main
causes of traffic accidents and how much does cellular
phone usage while driving contribute to the number of
accidents," he said.

He said a regulation prohibiting using phones while
driving would be based on the evaluation's results.

According to data from Jakarta Police Traffic
Directory, in the first half of 2006, the city saw a
total of 2,256 traffic accidents, in which 597 people
died. Some 1,191 accidents were caused by negligence,
including reckless driving, driver fatigue and using
cellular phones.

Adang said that the lack of laws on the matter meant
that drivers using phones were yet to be punished.

Separately, car driver, Bobby Alvianto, 24, who said
he frequently used his cellular phone while driving,
both for phone calls and text messages, said people
would not stop doing so unless there was the threat of
a punishment.

"It's a good idea, but it won't be effective without
punishment, because, you know, people in our society
will only drop their bad habits if they are threatened
with a severe punishment," he said.

Amelia Dewi Respati, 25, said the police should
release statistical data that showed the danger of
driving while using a cellular phone.

"(It is meant) to make people aware of the danger,"
she said.

Separately, chairman of the Indonesian Transportation
Society Bambang Susantono told The Jakarta Post that
to change drivers' habits, the police needed to
introduce the prohibition gradually.

"The key is good communication with the public," he
said.

He said that eventually, the prohibition needed to be
enforced legally. "It can be inserted to the 1992 Law
on Traffic, which is currently being revised," he
said.

Various countries, including Malaysia, the Philipines
and Australia, prohibit using cellular phones while
driving. 

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The Jakarta Post 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

East Jakarta municipality to move vendors for busway
construction

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

In order to smooth the way for the new busway
corridor, East Jakarta municipality plans to move
street vendors along the affected strips to eight of
its markets.

"We do not have room for street expansion and thus
vendors will no longer have space. We plan to relocate
them to other locations in eight traditional markets,"
East Jakarta mayor Koesnan Abdul Halim said Monday.

Rawamangun market, Ciracas market and Cakung market
are among those the vendors will move to.

He said there would be no compensation money paid to
the vendors, adding that around 1,000 vendors would be
affected by the busway corridor's construction.

The vendors to be affected are those who work along
Jl. Raya Bogor, Jl. Otto Iskandardinata, Jl.
Jatinegara Barat and Jl. Jatinegara Timur.

"We had to announce the policy and they generally
refused the idea. But there will be no arguing because
the busway project must continue," he said, as quoted
by Antara.

The Jakarta city administration began this month the
construction of three new busway corridors, costing
some Rp 400 billion.

The new routes will begin operation next January. 

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The Jakarta Post 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Ministers test drive semi-express trains

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Transportation Minister Hatta Rajasa (left) launched
Monday state railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia's
semi-express trains and 16 express cars.

Along with State Minister for State-owned Enterprises
Sugiharto (right), Hatta took a ride on a semi-express
train from Gambir station to Depok.

The trains will serve the Jakarta-Bogor route, as well
as the Bekasi-Pasar Senen-Jakarta route.

"The semi-express train has the same facilities as the
express ones. What differs between them is that they
stop at more stations," company spokesman Ahmad Sujadi
said during the event, as quoted by Antara.

Two of the train cars from each route were designated
for female passengers only, Kompas online reported.

According to Hatta, the additional trains will
increase the company's Jakarta-Bogor capacity to up to
6,400 passengers a day.

Meanwhile, its daily capacity for the Jakarta-Bekasi
route will increase to 4,000 passengers.

"We hope that this addition will ease the burden on
economy-class trains and prevent people from taking
illegal roof-top rides," he said.

Hatta added that by the end of 2007, the state train
operator would import 160 more cars to contain a
projected increase in passenger numbers. "By then, the
Greater Jakarta train system will have a capacity of 2
million passengers," he said. 

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The Jakarta Post 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Shopping on the bus helps beat the traffic

If you think you can avoid consumerism by boycotting
the city's posher malls, then you are sorely mistaken.

Jakarta's salesmen and women are far too creative to
limit themselves to designated shopping areas.

And as competition becomes tougher and people have
less and less time to go shopping - an hour or two
spent sitting in traffic each day tends to suck up
most people's leisure hours -- the marketing skills of
Jakarta's vendors are being put to the test.

A proactive approach is the best in a time-poor
metropolis such as ours. If potential customers are
sitting on the bus instead of strolling around the
mall, then the best thing to do is bring the mall to
them.

So one day, I started to take note of what was offered
to me on the bus on the way to work.

At first, I only saw "standard" items on sale -- fried
peanuts, packs of tissues, newspapers, candies and
drinks.

But then one day a vendor strolled onto the bus to
demonstrate a hand-powered sewing machine.

I was rather interested. The tiny machine required no
electricity or batteries and came with a variety of
needles to suit different fabrics. It was certainly
something I would probably buy in a shop, but my pride
got in the way -- buying something on a bus just
didn't seem that cool. And I was reluctant to take my
wallet out. So I missed the opportunity to purchase
something that may well have come in handy in the
future.

The problem with shopping on the bus is that there is
no time to think twice -- if you like it, buy it.

When he boards a bus, a vendor quickly passes his
goods around the passengers for a quick look. Then he
stands at the head of the vehicle and begins his sales
spiel. The whole process takes around 10 minutes. Once
you return an item, there is no second chance.

It's rather different to the experience you get a
mall.

For me, times freezes when I am at the mall. There is
an unlimited amount of time available to browse, try
things out, consider other options and stroll around
while convincing myself that I really want to spend
the money.

On my second day of bus-shopping, I met more vendors,
these selling kitchen equipment like knives and
choppers. And then there were those with laundry
baskets, napkins, neon lamps, dusters, calendars, wall
decorations and inflatable pillows.

The next day I was offered razors, a hand massaging
machine, stickers of cartoon characters, primbon
(religious chant books), toy ships, pirated VCDs,
cellular phone vouchers, coloring-in books, donuts,
flashlights, crackers, power glue, towels, socks and
on and on and on.

This hugely varied stock is amusing and the vendors
themselves usually put on quite a show, so if nothing
else it's a nice distraction while sitting in heavy
congestion on Sudirman.

It can also serve as an ice-breaker. One day a
stranger bought me a blue plastic butterfly and
introduced himself to me. Bus passengers often sit
silently in their own little bubble.

Deciding to a take a more intellectual tack to the
issue, I decided to ask myself this question: it legal
to turn public transportation in to a place for this
sort of activity?

I do have to say that sometimes, especially when the
bus already fully loaded, the vendors can be something
of a nuisance.

Most are reasonably sensitive and will not force
themselves on to a packed bus, but others will only
stop after being yelled at by the kenek (driver's
assistant).

Such rejections don't seem to result in hard feelings,
although I feel sorry for them as they jump of the
bus. They are persistent and hardworking and often
look tired.

Looking at such faces, I often buy things on the bus
just to cheer them up. Letting them know that their
effort is worthwhile and hopefully keeping them from
feeling desperate and turning to crime.

If we think about these things, why should we be
annoyed by them? At least they make life easier for
some of us by taking the shopping experience aboard
buses and saving us some time.

Just like in shopping malls, trends change. For a
while there were many vendors selling laundry baskets
on buses, lately I have not seen any.

The same goes for the hand-powered sewing machine that
once caught my eye.

So if you are on a bus and something catches your
attention, don't think twice! It might not be there on
your next ride.

-- Gita Hastarika 

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The Jakarta Post 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

'It is our obligation to build septic tanks'

There's a lot to think about when you're building a
house: the architecture, road access, security, cost.
Probably the last thing on many people's minds is
water sanitation. All but 200,000 of Jakarta's
residents rely on septic tanks to treat their
sewerage. The Jakarta Post asked people how they
disposed of their waste water.

Irianti Endah, 37, is a housewife. She lives with her
family in Krukut, Depok:

As far as I know, it is our obligation to build septic
tanks and the plans for them are approved by the
spatial agency when they give their approval to build
your house.

In my case, I left it to the contractor and his
workers to decide where to best place them and how.

I believe that they had the experience needed for it.

We have never opened the tank since we moved into the
house eight years ago.

Do we have to occasionally drain them?

Warman Juniantoro, 49, is a general manager at a
Japan-based automobile company. He lives in
Rawamangun, East Jakarta:

Our family lives in an old house, built in the early
1980s. I planned it myself and so I know where its
infrastructure is, including the septic tank.

I think it is inevitable that every house in Jakarta
builds their own tanks, considering that the city does
not have good sanitation and hygienic infrastructure.

If we sliced the surface off the city and took a look
at what lies underground, I think that we would see a
big mess.

If the city were to improve the quality of its
underground infrastructure, it would take massive
investment, both public and private. 

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The Jakarta Post 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

'Getek' the last remains of Jakarta's Venetian past

Prodita Sabarini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Several sun-tanned school children wearing untidy
uniforms, jumped into a small boat -- called a getek
by locals -- at the Ciliwung river crossing from Jl.
Sultan Agung to the shanty houses in Menteng, Central
Jakarta.

The boat moved at a snail's pace but finally reached
the other side.

Jumping off the getek, the children called, "Thanks,
Pak Kus", to 50-year-old Kusnadi, who has been
ferrying people across the river for 25 years.

"I've carried people here ever since the river was as
clear as crystal," he said while looking at the black
water, garbage cascading down the banks and clumps of
plastic floating on its surface.

"We take children for free, but adults pay Rp 500 per
crossing," he said.

Getek, 10-meter square boats, with a maximum capacity
of 15 people, tied to a metal rope extended across a
river, are the last ferries left running on Jakarta's
canals.

While under Dutch rule and named Batavia, Jakarta,
with its 13 rivers, was dubbed Venesia van Oost,
Venice from the East.

At the time, Batavia had a sophisticated canal system,
along which boats cruised from upstream areas like
Cisadane and Ciliwung to the trade centers in
Molenvliet West and Oost, now Kl. Gajah Mada and Jl.
Hayam Wurukm in Central Jakarta.

As Jakarta developed into an urban metropolis, the
Venice moniker was lost. Riverside areas became slums.
Canals silted up. Domestic and factory waste was
dumped into the city's waterways.

Kusnadi said it would be difficult for Jakarta's
rivers to be used a means of mass transportation
again.

"There's too much garbage in the rivers nowadays. The
water debit is also unstable. It's too shallow in the
draught time and too high and even floods in the rainy
season," he said.

There are plans, however, to revamp Jakarta's rivers
into transportation hubs.

Under the city's Macro Transportation System, water
transportation is to be developed alongside the
TransJakarta Busway system, the ongoing monorail
project and the planned mass rapid transportation
subway system.

"We will develop water ways using the West Flood Canal
and the East Flood Canal, (which are) currently being
constructed," city transportation agency deputy head
Udar Pristono told The Jakarta Post.

Pristono said the rivers would not only function as a
means of transportation but also to control flooding
in the rainy season.

"If we utilize rivers as water ways, all eyes will be
set on the rivers, making people pay attention to the
problem of river pollution," he said. 

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The Jakarta Post 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
    
Minimalist bus shelters to ward off 'invaders'

Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

With more busway corridors under construction,
Jakartans can expect to see more streetside bus
shelters being revamped in a trendy, minimalist style
that some people are calling "dysfunctional".

"It is in line with the busway project. As more of the
(passenger) load is being transferred to TransJakarta
shelters, we are making them more minimalist," city
transportation agency head Nurachman said Friday.

Nurachman refused to reveal the budget for the process
because he said the city administration planned to "do
it gradually".

The agency's move to make the shelters more minimalist
was also aimed at preventing vendors from occupying
them.

"We do not want people to invade the shelters,"
Nurachman said.

The most recent example is a bus shelter in Mampang,
which has been remodeled in a sparse aluminum style
similar to those found along the Sudirman-Thamrin
busway line, while several older shelters await work.

The new shelters, with seats wide enough for a maximum
of three people, have recently been criticized by a
group of young artists as "dysfunctional" for not
providing enough seating for people waiting for a
ride.

In the Mampang shelter, responding to complaints from
awaiting passengers over the lack of seating, a nearby
cigarette stall vendor provided his wooden benches as
additional perches.

"It seems that they (the benches) are more useful
there instead of in front of my stall," said 27-year
old Muharom, the vendor.

Despite the agency's claims that the busway service's
popularity is leading to less congestion on
conventional bus routes, crowds of standing passengers
can still be seen along Sudirman-Thamrin during peak
hours.

"In general, bus stops serve as temporary shelters for
awaiting passengers. A shelter for rapid transit buses
(RTB) like the TransJakarta services are different
from those for ordinary buses," Indonesian
Transportation Society (MTI) chairman Bambang
Susantono said.

"It is mainly because RTBs are a fast boarding and
alighting form of transportation that do not require
passengers to wait for too long."

"For instance, bus stops in Bogota (Colombia) have
three exits because they serve articulated buses. They
have no seats because the buses operate within
two-minute intervals."

"However, for common public buses, shelters should
have been provided with seats because they operate
with longer intervals of around 15 minutes."

Waiting for that long, people tend to want to sit
down. The design must also adapt to local climate and
in our case must take rainy days into account, he
said.

Aside from lack of seats, the new modern shelters are
also designed with angled roofs that don't properly
shade people from the rain. 

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The Jakarta Post 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Police to launch traffic operation

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Police have announced that they
will launch operation "Simpatik Jaya" in areas prone
to serious traffic jams an accidents.

The get-tough operation will run from Sept. 1 to 20,
targeting traffic violations with the potential to
cause traffic jams and accidents.

Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Adang Firman said
Monday the operation was also hoped to prepare police
to handle traffic during the coming holiday season,
running from Ramadhan in October to New Year in
January.

Around 3,000 police will be deployed in the operation.

Adang said that the police would focus on areas in
which the TransJakarta Busway System and the monorail
project were being built.

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The Jakarta Post 
August 28, 2006

Pedophile suspect 'on the loose'

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

A 16-year-old boy and a child worker say a pedophile
suspect is still on the loose in Jakarta, although
they had already reported him to police.

The boy and the founder of the Jakarta Center for
Street Children (JCSC) Andri Cahyadi identified the
suspect by his initial as "AB", a foreigner.

"AB has abused DD a year ago by making sexually
explicit films, giving DD about Rp 50,000 to Rp
100,000 each time he came to his place," Andri, 28,
told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.

Andri, who has been working with street children for
six years, said that he had informed the Jakarta
Police about the allegation.

"The bizarre thing is that police from other countries
have informed our police about the identity of these
pedophiles since 1999. Does it really have to take
that long to catch them," Andri said.

"Pedophile suspects always share information about
their victims," said Andri, adding that all of the
victims so far were male.

Suspects usually invited these children to their
houses, gave them clothes and fed them. The second and
third visits would be the time that they offered money
and asked them to pose for photographs or abused them
sexually.

The Jakarta Police women and children division head
Adj. Sr. Comr. Achmad Rivai said that he had not
received any official report from the JCSC yet.

"We have to investigate the victims first, to know
where they live and find out other important
information. So far, I have heard about ... the issue
only from reporters," Achmad told the Post on
Saturday.

"I will contact Andri Cayadhi as soon as possible to
process the case so we can promptly catch the
suspect," Achmad said.

Andri said he found data about "AB" when he looked for
information about Don Hancook, a suspected pedophile
who committed suicide last week in Surabaya.

"...but we got this information about 33-year-old AB
on www.channel3000.com," Andri said.

Andri said that DD met AB last year on the street and
he was taken up to his apartment.

"According to DD's testimony, AB does pray like a
Muslim. However, I think this is just a trick to
enable him to get around the children," he said.

Andri said that on Aug. 10, DD and another pedophile
victim, SA, 16, were walking through the Megaria
theater in Central Jakarta where they met AB. SA said
he recognized his identity because SA was also one of
AB's victims.

"That's why we conclude that AB is still in Jakarta,"
Andri said.

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The Jakarta Post 
August 28, 2006

Illiteracy on the rise in Tangerang

Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang

The number of illiterate people in Tangerang regency
has jumped dramatically within the past two years, an
education official claims.

Education agency head Muhyi Syarifudin said the agency
had measured a rapid increase in illiterate people
from 2,673 in 2004 to 190,123 this year.

When asked to explain the huge increase, Muhyi said it
was likely to be a result of people's reluctance to
admit they could not read or write and financial
difficulties preventing them from attending schools.

"The real figure could be twice that," he told The
Jakarta Post last week.

To eradicate illiteracy the regency needs at least Rp
66 billion (US$7.33 million), Muhyi said, adding that
the administration could only allocate Rp 600 million
from its budget to lay out a plan.

With limited funds, the agency is aiming to reduce the
number to 120,000 by 2008.

It will provide tutors and learning tools, employing
the assistance of community centers and 208 of its
employees, who will identify the areas of greatest
need in the regency.

"We will request financial assistance from the central
government and Banten province ... Teaching people to
read and write is the first step. After that they'll
need skills training," Muhyi said.

The rise in the illiteracy rate was reported not long
after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono awarded the
regency earlier this year for its achievement in
reducing the number of illiterate people from 17,514
to 2,673 in 2004. 

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The Jakarta Post 
August 28, 2006

'Govt must educate the public about sanitation'

The uncertain maintenance of septic tanks in the
capital has raised two issues: a potential water
crisis due to polluted groundwater, and the spread of
sanitation-related diseases such as diarrhea, typhoid
fever and cholera. The Jakarta Post asked residents
how they treated their septic tanks.

Indira Kamal is a senior account manager at a public
relations company in Jl. R.S. Fatmawati, South
Jakarta. She lives with her family in Warung Buncit,
South Jakarta:

I don't know the detailed requirements for a hygienic
septic tank. What I know is that the septic tank
should be placed at least 10 meters away from a water
reservoir. So we installed our septic tank in front of
the house.

I also know that most of my neighbors, who use
groundwater for daily needs, including cooking,
entrusted the contractors to install their septic
tanks.

It is common practice that wells are placed in the far
corner of the house, while the septic tank is
installed in front of the property.

I just built a new septic tank after closing the old
one which had been operating for over 10 years. But
again, the main concern was the distance between the
well and septic tank.

It does not make sense to me that Jakarta, where the
central government is located, still doesn't intend to
upgrade its sanitary infrastructure, as the media has
reported recently.

The government needs to educate public about sanitary
septic tanks in order to prevent worsening pollution
of underground water.

Irwan is a becak (pedicab) driver in Bekasi. He lives
with his family in a rented house in Harapan Jaya,
Bekasi:

My neighbor constructed a septic tank only five meters
from our well, but I don't know, could our water get
polluted because of this?

We use the groundwater for our daily needs. I don't
have the money to buy clean water in jerry cans for
cooking.

As far as I know, it is the contractor's
responsibility to design the septic tank. 

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The Jakarta Post 
August 26, 2006

Clash frightens off Lai Field residents

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Lapangan Lai (Lai Field) looked calm Thursday
afternoon.

There was little evidence of the clash that erupted
between the residents of the block on Jl. Basuki
Rahmat, in Cipinang, East Jarkarta, and public order
officers Wednesday.

"We are ready to fight if the public order officers
come again and use violent means to evict us," said
Maming, 30, a local who runs a food stall from his
house.

"But if they come in peace then we will treat them
well," he added.

Mamin has lived in the area for 15 years and was one
of the first people to build on the land.

He said most of the residents realized that they had
no legal right to stay and had accepted that they
would have to leave.

The residents were originally given permission to live
on the land but it later emerged that its ownership
was in dispute. The land's official owners then asked
the state to help clear the land.

Negotiations between the community and public order
officers lasted for three hours Wednesday before the
brawl erupted, sparked by a denial of a request by
residents to stay on the land until Idul Fitri on Oct.
24.

Maming said the incident would not have occurred had
the residents been given sufficient time to find new
homes.

"You know that most of us are poor, so finding a new
place to live with our families is not easy," he said.

Around 450 families will have to move. Many will also
have to find new jobs or re-establish their
businesses.

Many residents have begun to empty their houses ahead
of leaving while others have already left for their
home villages.

"We are afraid that they will burn our houses," said
Waryana, a Cirebon native who has lived in the area
for six years.

More than 20 people were injured in Wednesday's
violence, with two hospitalized. The East Jakarta
District Court decided to postpone the eviction as a
result of the brawl. 

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