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View all search resultsAceh displaced persons evicted ahead of Idul Fitri
The disaster task force has set a target that all displaced person in Aceh vacate their evacuation tents and move into temporary shelters before Idul Fitri.
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Workers operate heavy machinery on Feb. 21, 2026, to establish a 19-block, 228-room temporary housing complex in Tunyang village, Bener Meriah, Aceh. (Antara/Arnas Padda)
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uthorities in Aceh have begun evicting people displaced by heavy rainfall in northern Sumatra in November 2025 from their tents ahead of the Idul Fitri holidays.
One of the evacuees, Firman Banurea, said that despite attempts by village officials, he had refused to leave the tent shelter where he had been living since flooding and landslides in late 2025 damaged his house in Kebun Tanah Terbon village, Karang Baru district, Aceh Tamiang regency.
Deciding to remain in his tent in front of the Aceh Tamiang Islamic Center, Firman told The Jakarta Post “we were told to go because there should be no more evacuees living in tents during Idul Fitri,” on Wednesday.
“But we refused.”
Firman said that of the initial 45 families staying in front of the Islamic center, only four families remain, including his own.
The other families had left their shelter on Monday after receiving threats that the police and military would make separate visits.
Evacuees living in front of Aceh Tamiang Legislative Council have also left their tents.
