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PT KAI to demolish homes in Manggarai for airport train
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Jakarta administration officers clean up debris from 31 buildings that were demolished in Warakas subdistrict, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on March 3. (Warta Kota/Panji Baskhara Ramadhan)
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tate-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) has announced it will demolish 11 homes in Manggarai, South Jakarta, on Wednesday to make way for the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport train.
"[The demolition] will be conducted this noon," said PT KAI operation region 1 spokesperson Suprapto on Wednesday as quoted by kompas.com.
PT KAI sent three warning letters to people living in the homes, with the latest sent Wednesday. In the third letter, PT KAI told squatters to vacant their homes by Tuesday midnight at the latest.
Responding to the plan, the squatters reportedly put up barricades to close off Jl. Sahardjo 1, where the homes are located. They also put up a banner reading "Rumah dan Tanah Kami Bukan Milik PT KAI" (Our houses and land are not the property of PT KAI).
The residents claim to be the legitimate owners of the land as their families had lived there for decades.
However, they acknowledged that they lacked land deeds to support their claim. (kuk)
