No Compensation Money for Boat Men
access_time April 15 2016 06:39 PM remove_red_eye 580
Reported by TP Moan Simanjuntak | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Reported by TP Moan Simanjuntak | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Jakarta Provincial Government ensures will not give compensation money for former Pasar Ikan residents, RW 04, Penjaringan, North Jakarta who still living on their boats.
We still trying to relocate them to flats
Rustam Effendi, North Jakarta Mayor, uttered no compensation for demolished buildings. They only get relocation to Marunda and Rawa Bebek flats.
“We still trying to relocate them to flats,” he said, Friday (4/15).
4 Boatmen Relocated to the FlatBased on Beritajakarta.com’s observation, there are 20 households living on their boat.
Jama (47), one of boat men, admitted he together with his wife and two children have no money for renting house.
“We’ll still live on boat until city administration gives us compensation money. We could rent a house or back to hometown if we have money,” he admitted.
