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Troubled waters for Jakarta's fishermen

by Rachel Harvey

Date: 01-12-2003

Source: BBC News


The fishermen of Muara Angke had an unexpected visitor recently. A local government official came to tell them they were being evicted from their houses along the river bank. In the past few weeks, the Jakarta authorities have destroyed the homes of thousands of people who it says have been squatting illegally

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