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Jakarta administration to build new apartments for former Kampung Bayam residents
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A former Kampung Bayam resident gets water from a well on May, 30, 2024, in their temporary shelter on Jl. Tongkol, Pademangan, North Jakarta. The Jakarta administration plans to build a new apartment complex to accommodate the residents that were evicted to make way for the construction of the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) in 2020. (ANTARA FOTO/Erlangga Bregas Prakoso)
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ormer Kampung Bayam residents who were evicted from their homes to make way for the development of the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, agreed to move to a new apartment complex that will be built by the city administration soon.
The decision was made during a mediation facilitated by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) at its headquarters in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Monday–ending a long dispute between the two conflicting parties.
A representative of the former Kampung Bayam residents, Furqon, told The Jakarta Post that some 30 to 35 families who were still living in temporary shelters on Jl. Tongkol, Tanjung Priok, nodded to the agreement because the soon-to-be-developed apartment complex would still be within the Tanjung Priok district.
Since moving into the shelters, the residents had started over their agricultural businesses to make ends meet.
“Because [most of] us are farmers, we asked the government to provide us with the access to the farm, which we have done on Jl. Tongkol. [...] And the city administration agrees to the request,” Furqon said on Tuesday.
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