Villagers Say Hartati's Thugs Forced Them Off Their Land

Villagers say Hartati’s thugs forced them off their land | The Jakarta Post

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MORE NATIONAL Villagers say Hartati’s thugs forced NEWS them off their land Komnas HAM The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Sat, October 20 2012, 9:44 AM commissioner A- A A+ apologizes to TNI Paper Edition | Page: 4 RI diaspora expected to do more for Indonesia An allegation that her plantation company forced villagers to leave their lands BPK reports 26 mining came as another blow for businesswoman Siti Hartati Murdaya, a suspect in and plantation a bribery scandal. companies to police Hartati seemingly will have to divide her interrogation time between the KAHMI stands behind Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the National Commission on Anas Human Rights (Komnas HAM) which plans to summon her. Top Views Top Comments Leave Jokowi alone: PDI-P patron Komnas HAM now plans to summon Hartati after a group of farmers from Real Madrid beats Barcelona 3-1 in Copa Central Sulawesi came to the rights body on Friday alleging human rights Creative campaigning del Rey violations committed by personnel from Hartati’s company. NGOs accuse Govt of Jokowi to lead tycoons into the slums delaying human rights The farmers who came from a remote part of Buol, Central Sulawesi, claimed tribunal that their land was taken away by Hartati’s company, PT Hardaya Inti Commentary: Indonesia is a story waiting to SBY opens Pancasila Plantation (PT HIP) in 1993. be told training center “At first, people from the company told us that they would construct roads. We Ahok sends protesting workers back to work KPK summons former were very happy back then because the roads would ease our access,” said PLN finance director Paraman Yunus, one of the farmers who came to the Komnas HAM office in Dutch court: Jews must also carry ID cards Meet the new boss Jakarta.

Trust important in Garuda-Liverpool Experience launched However, Paraman said, the planned road never materialized. Instead, local leadership: Kalla people were forced to abandon their homes and lands. Two die, four injured in East Jakarta armed RELATED NEWS robbery “Some of our houses were even set ablaze,” he said. Sidewalk vendors Indonesia’s restaurants make the Miele list mixed on relocation Hartati, a former member of the board of patrons of the Democratic Party, is currently in detention by the KPK for her alleged involvement in a bribery Governor upbeat that JKT48 gets closer to fans through book scandal implicating former Buol regent Amran Batalipu. residents will not resist signing relocation The KPK believe that the businesswoman gave Rp 3 billion (US$312,744) to RI diaspora expected to do more for Authorities free railway Amran to expedite a business permit for her company, PT HIP. Indonesia station of street vendors PT HIP owns around 75,000 hectares of land in Buol of which around 22,000 Obama warns of risks over budget cut Hartati shows up for hectare have secured permits as a palm oil plantation. uncertainty third questioning However, Paraman said that actually some 4,487 hectares of PT HIP’s land Infant malnutrition increases in NTB Relocation planned belongs to locals. after erosion in Jambi SBY opens Pancasila training center Comment: KPK puts “In 1993, they chased us away from our homes and land,” he said, adding Hartati behind bars that some of those who forced villagers off their land wore military uniforms. KPK summons former PLN finance director Govt backs suggestion For more than 10 years, locals have fought to reclaim their land. to relocate GKI Yasmin Child abuse victim’s family faces ‘intimidation’ over report Shiites’ relocation not Dialogues and meetings between farmers, PT HIP and the local administration an option, says human have taken place several times. Pertamina eyes Iraq after Venezuelan rights watchdog failure Shia group offered Their efforts, according to Sudarmin J Paliba from the Buol Farmers Forum, are invariably futile.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/10/20/villagers-say-hartati-s-thugs-forced-them-their-land.html[27.02.2013 10:49:39] Villagers say Hartati’s thugs forced them off their land | The Jakarta Post

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Hartati ‘too ill’ to attend Sudarmin said that PT HIP had promised farmers compensation for their loss. Leave Jokowi alone: PDI-P patron questioning However the company never met its promises. Hartati Murdaya fails to NYC woman: Husband wanted to kill me, show up for first Komnas HAM deputy chairman M. Ridha Saleh said that his office would eat others questioning at KPK collect data in relation to the human rights allegations. (riz)

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