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Squatters evicted from makeshift houses under Pluit toll road
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Squatters are seen in their makeshift houses built under the Pluit toll road in North Jakarta in April 2015. ( tribunnews.com/Panji Baskhara Ramadhan )
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he city administration evicted dozens of families living in makeshift houses under the Pluit toll road in North Jakarta on Tuesday, one day after the administration demolished buildings in the Kalijodo red-light district in West and North Jakarta.
"We will finish all buildings under the Pluit toll road today," Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama told journalists on Tuesday.
The administration had sent warning letters to the squatters so that they could make preparations, the governor said, adding that many of the squatters were newcomers that had only arrived in the area a month ago.
"Why should we be polite with those newcomers?” Ahok said.
The city administration had prepared 650 low-cost apartments for people who had Jakarta identity cards, he added.
Any buildings occupying green spaces in the capital city faced demolition by the city administration after the squatters received three warning letters, Ahok added. (bbn)
