‘War Zones’

The eviction of members of the military from their official homes is never a smooth operation. Some of the locations already became shopping malls.

January 26, 2010

THE plan to form a resistance was formulated last week at the housing complex of the former Packhorse Battalion, in East Jakarta. They were not preparing to fight against foreign invaders, but organizing their fight to continue living in their official homes. “We refuse to be evicted,” said Soetrisno, 67, Chairman of the Association of Packhorse Transport Families. Soetrisno’s father was a Homeland Defender (Peta) soldier, the unit which in

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