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South Jakarta residents burn tires to protest eviction

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Wed, May 9, 2018

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South Jakarta residents burn tires to protest eviction A police officer stands guard on Jl. Arteri Pondok Indah in South Jakarta, where residents of the Jakarta Military District Command (Kodam) Jaya residential area in Tanah Kusir burned tires to protest the planned eviction of residents by military officers in the morning of May 9. (Courtesy of/Twitter)

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ozens of residents of the Jakarta Military District Command (Kodam) Jaya housing complex in Tanah Kusir, South Jakarta, burned tires on Jl. Arteri Pondok Indah on Wednesday morning to protest a planned eviction of residents by military officers.

The protest, which started at 5.50 a.m., caused traffic congestion around Pondok Indah Mall, Kebayoran, South Jakarta.

According to @TMCPoldaMetro, Jl. Pondok Indah to Permata Hijau was also blocked by the residents.

The street was opened and the traffic went back to normal at around 9 a.m.

“[Tanah Kusir housing complex] is not a military housing complex… there’s no signpost mentioning this as a Kodam or Kostrad housing complex. [The housing] belongs to the residents,” on of the resident told kompas.com, referring to the Jakarta Military Command (Kodam) and the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad).

On the other hand, the Indonesian Military (TNI) considered some of the houses to belong to the TNI. (cal)

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