[Onthebarricades] INDONESIA: Displaced residents blockade terminal over land grab, compensation

[Andy]

Residents blockade container terminal

Jakarta Post - September 28, 2007

Jakarta -- More than 500 residents blockaded the 
entrance to Koja container terminal in North Jakarta 
on Thursday, hampering activities at the terminal 
owned by state port operator PT Pelindo II.

The residents demanded compensation from the state 
enterprise for land acquired in 1994 to build the 
terminal.

One landowner, Siregar, said the land was only valued 
at Rp 100,000 (around US$10) per square meter when 
the company relocated as many as 4,200 families from 
the 92-hectare plot of land 13 years ago.

"They paid a low price because they said we did not 
possess legal land certificates, claiming the land 
still belonged to the colonial government. But, some 
of us had the (land ownership) certificates," he said 
as quoted by Tempointeraktif news portal.
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