On 17 September 2003, the local government of West Jakarta mobilized 2,000 security officers and civilian militia and demolished 700 houses in Kampung Baru, East Cengkareng. The police fired rubber bullets and injured a number of the residents. The 3,100 inhabitants have lived there since 1998 after the Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso invited them to farm the unutilized land and to provide jobs for the unemployed. The eviction was conducted to make the road for a mall and supermarket. Ironically, the land is owned by PERUMNAS, the state owned enterprise that is mandated to provide housing for low-income earners. Extract from Asian Human Rights Commission Appeal FA-39-2003 (http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2003/583/)and Update. (See attached document)

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