No Compensation for Kampung Pulo Residents, Basuki Says

Jakarta Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama re-ensured there will be no compensation for Residents of Kampung Pulo, Kampung Melayu Urban Village, Jatinegara,East Jakarta. As today the City Administration relocated the residents to Jatinegara Barat Flat. 

For those who ask for compensation, how could they ask for it? where i should get the money

"For those who ask for compensation, how could they ask for it? Where I should get the money," said Ahok, at City Hall, Thursday (8/20). 

According to him, those residents built their house on state's property land. So they will never get the compensation. It is only flats provided for them. 

Contra Flow Applied in Kampung Pulo

"Well, you built a house without permit on the government's property land and want a compensation, then if i obey it i would get arrested," he exclaimed. 

He claimed has predicted about the clash in Kampung Pulo that happened today. Even though the relocation socialization had been held a long before. 

"We had held socialization a long before, they demanded to be relocated after Eid. But it should be done there's no choice even though the clash would be happened," he disclosed.

He also wondered with residents who have received flat but still demand for the money. "So we still persist will not give any compensation as we have provided flat, that's it," he asserted