[sustran] fwd: update from Jakarta by Urban Poor Consortium - Konsorsium Ke miskinan Kota

Paul Barter geobpa at nus.edu.sg
Mon Sep 10 18:22:28 JST 2001


Update of State Violence against the urban poor of
Jakarta, 1 - 6 September 2001 

- Becak (pedicab) 
Number of becak confiscated by area up to 6 Sept 
- Central Jakarta        311 
- North Jakarta          321 
- West Jakarta           553 
- East Jakarta           752 
  Total                  1.937 becaks 

- Insidence of violence 
Wednesday, 5 Sept. 2001, a confiscation operation was
underway in Teluk Gong, North Jakarta at 05.30 a.m. A
becak driver, Agus Samsudin who alerted his friends by
beating the lamp post was being gang attacked by
around 20 municipality police armed with knife, stick,
and sword. He got severe concussion, was unconscious
for around 10 hours, and the back of his head was
deeply cut for around 10 cm long.He is now
hospitalized. 

- Other casualties: demolation and confiscation 
604 sidestreet food stalls 
253 street vendors 
25 car wash services 

- Arrest 
435 street sex workers 
465 beggers and homeless 
 27 difabled 
 93 street children 
318 informal "traffic policemen" 
247 street musicians 
386 other street workers 

- Demolition of poor communities 
716 sacks/houses 

Sources: urban poor consortium (primary data: reports
from casualties and field data collection; clippings) 
  
Chronology of events of state violence, year 2001 

27 November 2000 - 16 January 2001: 
51 operation days (evictions,
demolitions,confiscations, arrest) 

victim (vendors, street children, pedicab, etc): 
west jakarta: 1503 people 
central jkt : 1237 people 
south jkt   : 9297 people 
east jkt    : 8813 people 
Total         20.850 people 

Isidents of retaliation by the people: 4 

April 2001 

- 20 operation days; personnel deployed: 2800 
- Victims: 17.305 people (categories as above: 
    central jakarta:    2.172 people 
    north jakarta  :    3.369 people 
    west jakarta   :    4.720 people 
    south jakarta  :    4.954 people 
    east jakarta   :    2.090 people 

Isidents of retaliation by the people: 3 
  
8 - 29 August 2001 

Operation: every day, not only during day time but
also midnight to dawn 

8 August2001: 
- Eviction and demolition happened in East Jakarta
from 11.00 - 04.00 p.m.. 
- personnel deployed: 1000, armed with tear gas,
buldozer, trucks, vans 
- Victims: 200 food stalls, 30 car wash, and tire
repair stall 

13 August 2001, 11.00 p.m.: 
- Pedicab confiscation in Central Jakarta 
- personnel deployed: 300; 50 vans, 5 trucks, 
- Victims: 203 pedicabs confiscated; 1 driver was
arrested and tortured 

13 August, 10.00 p.m. - 04 p.m. 
- Eviction, demolition and confiscation in East
Jakarta 
- personnel deployed: 500 with 20 pick-ups, 10 trucks,
1 buldozer 
- victims: 30 garbage collectors workshops; 200
pedicabs 

August 14, 09.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m. 

Roxy Insident: a retaliation by the urban poor
(pedicab drivers, street 
vendors, childern and others). One municipality guard
died, 1 badly injured, 
some cars and trucks burnt. 

18 August 2001 
Six students from Bonn University,  who were guests of
the UPC and were 
visiting a poor community in Central Jakarta,1 upc
activist and 1 community 
leader were arrested by the police. They were accused
of being involved in the 
Roxy incident. They were being detained and questioned
for 20 hours, were 
released the next day. 

19-29 August 2001 
Operations continues to happen in all parts of
Jakarta, confiscating almost one 
thousand pedicabs. Some small incidents happened here
and there. 

Now thousands of people do not have job to earn money
from and are terrorized. 
 
Chronology of events of state violence, year 2001 

27 November 2000 - 16 January 2001: 
51 operation days (evictions,
demolitions,confiscations, arrest) 

victim (vendors, street children, pedicab, etc): 
west jakarta: 1503 people 
central jkt : 1237 people 
south jkt   : 9297 people 
east jkt    : 8813 people 
Total         20.850 people 

Isidents of retaliation by the people: 4 

April 2001 

- 20 operation days; personnel deployed: 2800 
- Victims: 17.305 people (categories as above: 
    central jakarta:    2.172 people 
    north jakarta  :    3.369 people 
    west jakarta   :    4.720 people 
    south jakarta  :    4.954 people 
    east jakarta   :    2.090 people 

Isidents of retaliation by the people: 3 
  
8 - 29 August 2001 

Operation: every day, not only during day time but
also midnight to dawn 

8 August2001: 
- Eviction and demolition happened in East Jakarta
from 11.00 - 04.00 p.m.. 
- personnel deployed: 1000, armed with tear gas,
buldozer, trucks, vans 
- Victims: 200 food stalls, 30 car wash, and tire
repair stall 

13 August 2001, 11.00 p.m.: 
- Pedicab confiscation in Central Jakarta 
- personnel deployed: 300; 50 vans, 5 trucks, 
- Victims: 203 pedicabs confiscated; 1 driver was
arrested and tortured 

13 August, 10.00 p.m. - 04 p.m. 
- Eviction, demolition and confiscation in East
Jakarta 
- personnel deployed: 500 with 20 pick-ups, 10 trucks,
1 buldozer 
- victims: 30 garbage collectors workshops; 200
pedicabs 

August 14, 09.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m. 

Roxy Insident: a retaliation by the urban poor
(pedicab drivers, street vendors, childern and
others). One municipality guard died, 1 badly injured,
some cars and trucks burnt. 

18 August 2001 
Six students from Bonn University,  who were guests of
the UPC and were visiting a poor community in Central
Jakarta,1 upc activist and 1 community leader were
arrested by the police. They were accused of being
involved in the Roxy incident. They were being
detained and questioned for 20 hours, were released
the next day. 

19-29 August 2001 
Operations continues to happen in all parts of
Jakarta, confiscating almost one thousand pedicabs.
Some small incidents happened here and there. 

Now thousands of people do not have job to earn money
from and are terrorized. 
-- 
Urban Poor Consortium - Konsorsium Kemiskinan Kota 
Billy Moon Blok H-I/7 Jakarta 13450, Phone/Fax:
62.21.8642915 
Urban Poor Website: http://www.urbanpoor.or.id/ 
      http://welcome.to/urbanpoor/



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