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The agricultural land in Rembang regency, Central Java, looks lush with stretches of tobacco ready for harvest. As the harvest season approaches, tobacco farmers are busy preparing. Among them is Ansori, a tobacco farmer from Gunem village. That morning, he and over a dozen farm laborers working for him were visibly bustling.
To show their solidarity with Kendeng farmers from Pati, Central Java, who are fighting against the construction of a cement factory in their area, dozens of students under the banner of the Indonesian Islamic Students Movement (PMII) Makassar staged a rally on Thursday, during which they cemented their feet into blocks.
A Supreme Court ruling on the construction of a cement factory in the Kendeng Mountain area in Rembang, Central Java, must be respected by all relevant parties as it is valid and legally binding, says a People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) deputy speaker.
Peace activists from Semarang, Central Java, held on Thursday a joint prayer and a candlelight vigil to remember Patmi, 48, a farmer from Kendeng, Rembang, who passed away on Tuesday. Patmi died of a heart attack after she attended a rally in front of the State Palace, Jakarta, to protest the construction of state cement maker Semen Indonesia’s factory in the regency.
Gunarti, a farmer from Kendeng in Rembang, Central Java, who had participated in a rally since March 13 to protest the construction of a cement factory in the mountainous area, could not hide her disappointment upon hearing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s response to aspirations they conveyed during their meeting at the State Palace on Wednesday.
Following Tuesday’s death of a farmer demonstrator, about 100 NGO activists joined the Central Java farmers’ protest across from the State Palace on Wednesday, protesting a cement factory that they deem as endangering the villagers’ livelihood.
The death of Patmi, 48, a Kendeng farmer who fought against the construction of a cement factory belonging to state cement maker Semen Indonesia in Rembang, Central Java, has pushed activists and NGOs to increase their resistance against the project.
Publicly listed cement manufacturer PT Semen Indonesia (SI) has decided to postpone the initial launch of its new production facility in Rembang, Central Java, for several months due to a prolonged dispute with the local community.
Having buried their feet in concrete blocks in front of Jakarta’s State Palace for eight days, Kendeng residents are receiving growing support from other groups in demanding President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo revoke a license for a cement factory for PT Semen Indonesia in Rembang, Central Java, which they fear endangers their hometown.
