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City to demolish illegal Kalijodo settlement
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Children skateboard at the Child-Friendly Integrated Public Space (RPTRA) in Kalijodo, West Jakarta on Jan. 31. (JP/PJ Leo)
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he Jakarta administration has confirmed it will tear down semi-permanent dwellings that started to reappear near the newly transformed Kalijodo area in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, which was formerly a red-light district.
Acting Jakarta Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat said the Public Order Agency would coordinate with the police in executing the demolition.
“We will conduct the demolition next week. The area will be cleared out before Idul Fitri,” Djarot told reporters Monday at City Hall.
The demolition of buildings in the former red-light district have been ongoing since February last year when the administration, under the leadership of then-governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, decided to transform the area into a Child-Friendly Integrated Public Space (RPTRA) equipped with a skate park.
Over the past few weeks, dozens of people started building semi-permanent dwellings under the toll road across from Kalijodo Park, and were allegedly used for prostitution.
