IN Tanjung Duren, an old and heartbreaking story was replayed. This time, like a great war, they used all kinds of weapons: tear gas, Molotov cocktails, machetes and stones for the sake of one word—eviction.

Until October 9 of this year, the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) recorded 5,680 victims of evictions. This figure will increase sharply as the apparatus still has eyes on eight other locations to be cleared before Ramadan,