HAJI Djuhri bin Haji Geni was a well-known figure in the West Jakarta district of South Meruya. As a mandor, a village foreman, he was owner of tens of hectares of land in the area. Last May Djuhri made the headlines when Portanigra, a real estate company, sought to take control of 44 hectares of land it claimed to have acquired in South Meruya.

When Djuhri was appointed a foreman Meruya was largely swampland in a kampung of rice fields and mang