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commandant, but letter regretfully ignored

[[left margin]] 12 Sept 8, 83 [[left margin]]

Benny Moerdani admits that he ordered demolition at Halim because illegal buildings render area unsafe acc. to civil international aviation regulations; says that firm steps will be taken by Kopkamtib (Operation Command for the Restoration of Security and Order)
representatives of 2000 residents of Cipinang Baru Trikora III village have complained 3 times to Parliament saying the land was theirs

[[left margin]] 13 Sept 12, 83 Post [[left margin]]

squatters living in makeshift huts along Kali Jodo river in N. Jak. have been given 2 weeks to demolish their homes voluntarily before demolition squads arrive
some of the houses built on stilts dug into soft ground
596 people presently live there, most of them factory workers and their families
- photo shows houses of a combination of gedek, tin & found materials with neat rows of vegetables on a strip of land between the houses of the

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6 representatives of the Kali Jodo residents were received last week by a member of the Jak. city legisl. council who agreed to ask city authorities to postpone the demolition
leader, Tulus Sudarmadjie says they need time to find new homes some willing to transmigrate and others wish repatriation to their home villages
- reason given for demolition the regulation that river & canal banks should be free of buildings to prevent floods
- article states that problem of floods, why has existed for decades in Jak, became worse after WWII because Japanese encouraged people to grow vegetables & other useful plants on idle land, including banks

[[left margin]] 14 Sept 15, 83 Post [[/left margin]]

more than 300 people living in 100 houses along banks of Kali Angke lost their homes in a fire whi destroyed one section of their settlement ((see above no 9))
fire started about 1 PM from one of the houses
3 high voltage live cables out from