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for homes wh/ they have been occupying 6-8 years + for kindergarten
spoke with members of ruling Karya Pembangunan (Golkar) party
residents argued they had never been forbidden to settle on site, + they had paid their regional development fees each yr.

meanwhile demolition of 123 homes at Jelambar area of W. Jak continuing
residents of Jelambar claimed they had been living on the swampy site undisturbed for 15 yrs; question asked why govn. needs this swampy land all of a sudden
some of the buildings so [[strike through]] sio [[/strike through]] solidly built that Kamtib officers had to use chainsaws to cut main pillars

[[left margin]] 7 Aug 6, 83 Post [[/left margin]] in Setia Budi case, mayor of S. Jak. says P.T. Puri, the land developer, will give new piece of land for kindergarten, near old site

[[left margin]] 8 Aug 8, 83 [[/left margin]] dismantling of 400 homes illegally built on govn. land at Halim airforce. 

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base in E. Jak
more than 2000 families or 9000 people living in off limits area 
air base commandant + E. Jak. majyor sent notices to dismantle, but as of Friday eadline occupants refused to move unless fairly compensated
claim they acquired the land legally 
- some occupants resisted + arrested briefly, then brought back to dismantle own homes in presence of Kamtib officers 
- residents have set up an assistance committee to ask help from LBH
- want compensation or resettlement in another area with govn. assistance
more than 27 ha. will be cleared for an expansion of the air force base
- some residents claim they were moved off their own land further out by the Japanese in 1942 and resettled at Halim; city authorities claim they got compensation from Japanese, but squatters say not true 

elsewhere city authorities have been clearing slums along city canals + railways + in harbor areas