Residents Of Pondok BKT Reject Eviction While Bringing Banners

A number of residents of Bojong Rangkong Village, RT 05/RW 11, Pondok Kopi Village, Duren Sawit, East Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A number of residents of Bojong Rangkong Village, RT 05/RW 11, Pondok Kopi Village, Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, closed the road while carrying banners against the eviction of residential land carried out by the East Jakarta District Court (PN) bailiff, Wednesday, October 10.

Residents, mostly women, brought banners against the team of the East Jakarta District Court's bailiff who would confiscate objects that would be executed.

"You (come here) looking for money, so you get rich? Still lacking? Just go home, sir," shouted one of the mothers carrying a banner, Thursday, October 10.

Hearing the refusal, a bailiff of the East Jakarta District Court explained that the purpose of the presence of officers at the location was none other than confiscation, not execution. However, the explanation of the confiscated team still received strong rejection from residents.

Head of RT 005 RW 11, Pondok Kopi Village, Supriyanto said, residents have occupied land since 1992. Problems began to arise in 2015 after the man with the initials A claimed to be the owner of the land.

Supriyanto said that residents generally only have evidence of a land sale and purchase agreement in the form of receipts or a land sale and purchase deed (AJB).

The proof of the sale and purchase agreement is used as the legal basis for residents to occupy the land for decades.

"We take care, take care, really take care of it from 1992. (Currently) we are trying to raise our status to a certificate of ownership," he said.