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Maj

alen

gka

– A

lians

i G

erak

an R

efor

ma

Agr

aria

cr

itici

zed

Wes

t Jav

a Pr

ovin

cial

Gov

ernm

ent a

c-tio

n w

ho i

nsis

t an

d fo

rced

ly c

ondu

ctin

g la

nd

met

erin

g an

d ev

ictio

n of

Suk

amul

ya V

illag

e, K

erta

jati

Dis

trict

, Maj

alen

gka

Reg

ency

, Wes

t Jav

a.

Met

erin

g ac

tiviti

es b

y go

vern

men

t was

con

duct

ed o

n 17

N

ovem

ber

2016

afte

r tw

o da

ys o

f de

lay.

Met

erin

g do

ne

by p

olic

e th

emse

lves

sayi

ng ju

stifi

catio

n th

at th

ey a

lread

y go

t ap

prov

al f

rom

BPN

and

Wes

t Ja

va P

rovi

ncia

l G

ov-

ernm

ent.

To h

andl

e pe

ople

who

refu

sed

the

met

erin

g, d

e-pl

oyed

com

bine

d fo

rces

as m

uch

as 2

000

pers

onil.

Thou

sand

s of

Suk

amul

ya V

illag

er s

ince

3 d

ays

befo

re a

l-

read

y st

and

by o

n la

nd to

do

nego

tiatio

n an

d as

k fo

r can

-ce

llatio

n of

the

met

erin

g ac

tivity

. V

illag

ers

refu

sed

the

met

erin

g be

caus

e th

ere’

s no

agr

eem

ent o

n ev

ictio

n, c

om-

pens

atio

n or

relo

catio

n pl

an.

Neg

otia

tion

effo

rt by

vill

ager

s se

ems

does

not

wel

com

e,

the

com

mun

ity fa

ced

viol

ence

act

ion

by a

rmed

forc

es. V

il-la

gers

who

gat

her o

n la

nd a

ttack

ed b

y fo

rces

with

tear

gas

an

d fi r

e. D

ozen

s got

inju

red

and

8 pe

ople

wer

e ar

rest

ed b

y po

lice

forc

es.

Vio

lenc

e ac

tion

to S

ukam

ulya

Vill

ager

s is

an

evid

ence

of

no g

ood

will

from

gov

ernm

ent t

o he

ar p

eopl

e’s a

spira

tion.

Jo

kow

i Adm

inis

tratio

n al

way

s usi

ng v

iole

nce

and

Suka

mul

ya V

illag

e C

omm

unity

who

fi gh

t def

endi

ng th

eir l

and

be fa

ced

with

vio

lanc

e ac

tion

by a

rmed

fo

rces

. Peo

ple

gath

er o

n la

nd a

ttack

ed b

y ap

para

tus w

ith te

ar g

as a

nd ru

bber

bul

lets

, doz

ens i

njur

ed, 8

pe

ople

arr

este

d. o

n N

ovem

ber 1

7th 2

106

Main

Issue

:ST

OP

LAN

D G

RABB

ING

IN S

UK

AMU

LYA

VILL

AGE

FOR

INTE

RNAT

IONA

L AI

RPO

RT D

EVEL

OPM

ENT

BERI

TA K

AUM

TANI

EDIS

I KH

USUS

Dite

rbitk

an O

leh P

impi

nan

Pusa

t Alia

nsi G

erak

an R

efor

maA

grar

ia

Dese

mbe

r 201

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Spec

ial E

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1

Suka

mul

ya v

illag

e is

a fe

rtile

vill

age,

rich

nat

ural

reso

urce

s with

pop

ulat

ion

arou

nd 5

.500

peo

ple

and

wid

th

740

hect

ares

. 700

hec

tare

from

the

villa

ge to

tal a

rea

is p

addy

fi el

d ar

ea a

nd re

st o

f it t

hat i

s 40

hect

ares

is

hous

ing

area

. Maj

ority

of t

he c

omm

unity

wor

ks a

s far

mer

, the

farm

land

in th

is v

illag

e ve

ry fe

rtile

, fro

m o

ne

hect

are

padd

y fi e

ld a

ble

to p

rodu

ce 6

– 8

tons

pad

dy in

a p

lant

ing

seas

on. I

n on

e ye

ar, t

here

are

two

plan

t-in

g se

ason

of p

addy

and

one

pla

ntin

g se

ason

of c

hilli

that

is a

lso

have

big

num

ber i

n pr

oduc

tion.

Sukam

ulya

vill

age

is o

ne o

f 14

villa

ge in

Ker

taja

ti D

istri

ct, M

ajal

engk

a R

egen

cy, w

idth

741

hec

t-ar

es. T

he v

illag

e on

ly 1

0 km

from

dis

trict

cen

ter

and

35 k

m fr

om re

genc

y ce

nter

, with

ave

rage

hei

ght 3

0 m

eter

abo

ve se

a le

vel (

Mas

l).

Bas

ed o

n St

atis

tic B

ody

surv

ey y

ear

2015

pop

ulat

ion

of S

ukam

ulya

vill

age

is 4

.693

peo

ple

with

1.5

95 fa

m-

ily, c

onsi

st o

f 2.

256

mal

e an

d 2.

437

fem

ale,

with

341

ba

by u

nder

age

fi ve

, 522

pup

il, 2

71 e

lder

ly. O

n 20

16,

the

popu

latio

n es

timat

ed 5

.500

peo

ple.

Maj

ority

of v

illag

e lan

d is

pad

dy fi

eld

with

mai

n pl

ant i

s pa

ddy.

Tw

o pl

antin

g se

ason

in a

yea

r with

ave

rage

pro

-du

ctio

n is

14

tons

of d

ried

padd

y fr

om o

ne h

acta

re p

er

year

. Bet

wee

n tw

o pl

antin

g se

ason

of p

addy

, the

com

-m

unity

pla

ntin

g ch

illi a

nd s

quas

h. 2

3 he

ctar

es o

f lan

d is

veg

etab

le fa

rm fi

eld,

13,

5 he

ctar

es is

peo

ple’

s su

gar

plan

ttaio

n, 1

3,56

hec

tare

s is

vill

age’

s ca

sh g

roun

d an

d 72

hec

tare

s is

hou

sing

are

a. D

ry la

nd u

sed

as h

ousi

ng,

farm

ing

and

culti

vate

d va

rious

type

of

vege

tabl

es a

nd

frui

t, m

ainl

y ch

illi a

nd m

angg

o w

ith q

uite

big

pro

duc-

tion

in n

umbe

r.

For

child

ren

educ

atio

n se

rvic

es in

Suk

amul

ya v

illag

e,

avai

labl

e 2

Early

Edu

catio

n C

ente

r, 1

isla

mic

ele

men

-ta

ry sc

hool

and

3 e

lem

enta

ry sc

hool

that

is S

DN

Suk

a-m

ulya

I, II

and

III)

. SD

N S

ukam

ulya

I ha

ve 2

08 p

upil

(101

mal

e an

d 10

7 fe

mal

e) a

nd 8

teac

hers

. SD

N S

uka-

mul

ya II

hav

e 21

7 pu

pil (

107

mal

e an

d 11

0 fe

mal

e) a

nd

7 te

ache

rs. S

DN

Suk

amul

ya II

I hav

e 97

pup

il (5

2 m

ale

and

54 fe

mal

e) a

nd 5

teac

hers

.

Maj

ority

of S

ukam

ulya

peo

ple

wor

ks a

s fa

rmer

, tha

t is

3.23

0 pe

ople

, con

sist

of 1

.750

mal

e an

d 1.

480

fem

ale.

A

side

that

, the

re a

re a

lso

530

farm

wor

ker.

Suka

mul

ya v

illag

e is

one

of

5 vi

llage

that

is g

oing

to

be e

vict

ed fo

r wes

t jav

a in

tern

atio

nal a

irpor

t pro

ject

in

Ker

taja

ti di

stric

t. N

ame

of th

e 5

villa

ge a

re K

erta

jati,

Ker

tasa

ri, B

anta

rjati,

Suk

aker

ta a

nd S

ukam

ulya

. Suk

a-m

ulya

vill

age

will

affe

cted

as a

irpor

t run

way

.

WJI

A is

wes

t jav

a pr

ovin

cial

gov

ernm

ent i

nfra

stru

ctur

e pr

ojec

t sup

porte

d by

Nat

iona

l Gov

ernm

ent a

nd fu

nded

by

priv

ate

inve

stor

s. Th

e ai

rpor

t will

hav

e tw

o ru

nway

co

nsum

e 1.

800

hect

ares

of l

and,

and

als

o go

ing

to c

om-

plem

ent w

ith c

omm

erci

al a

rea

calle

d A

eroc

ity th

at w

ill

have

indu

stria

l are

a, w

areh

ouse

s, su

perm

arke

t, re

al e

s-ta

te, a

partm

ent,

tour

ism

area

amon

g ot

her o

n la

nd w

idth

3.

200

hect

ares

.

Tota

l pro

ject

of W

JIA

will

cons

ume 5

000

hect

ares

land

. A

side

of

aero

city

, WJI

A w

ill a

lso

inte

gtra

te w

ith t

oll

road

. The

re w

ill b

e tw

o to

ll ro

ad c

onne

ct to

WJI

A th

at

is C

ipal

i and

Cis

umda

wi t

oll r

oad.

Com

mer

cial

pro

j-ec

t cov

ered

with

infr

astru

ctur

e de

velo

pmen

t is

a th

reat

to

far

mer

s an

d ru

ral

peop

le’s

life

, eve

n co

ntra

dict

ory

to J

okow

i’s s

tate

men

t on

food

sec

urity

. For

so

and

so,

peop

le’s

ferti

le la

nd g

rabb

ed.#

#

Suka

mul

ya V

illage

Profi l

e :

Suka

mul

ya, F

ertil

e La

nd T

hrea

t to

Evic

8BK

T Sp

ecia

l Edi

tion

- Dec

embe

r201

6

mill

iteris

tic a

ppro

ach

in h

andl

ing

peop

le’s

dem

and

and

agra

rian

confl

icts

.

Nev

erth

eles

s, W

est J

ava

Prov

inci

al G

over

nmen

t did

not

pa

y at

tent

ion

to H

uman

Rig

hts C

omm

issi

on L

ette

r tha

t as

ked

for d

elay

of m

eter

ing

until

ther

e’s a

n ag

reem

ent

with

the

com

mun

ity.

In A

GR

A’s n

ote

unde

r Jok

owi A

dmin

istra

tion

at le

ast

happ

ened

vio

lenc

e to

138

peo

ple,

648

peo

ple

arre

sted

, 23

5 pe

ople

fi re

d, a

nd 1

0 pe

ople

die

d be

caus

e of

confl i

ct.

Ofc

ours

e, n

ot a

ll in

cide

nts g

ot d

ocum

ente

d by

AG

RA

, in

clud

ing

Papu

a an

d Ti

nom

bala

Ope

ratio

n ca

se.

AG

RA

saw

Wes

t Jav

a In

tern

atio

nal A

irpor

t (W

JIA

) de-

velo

pmen

t pro

ject

, tha

t is p

art o

f acc

eler

atio

n of

nat

iona

l st

rate

gic

proj

ect i

mpl

emen

tatio

n, h

as ra

ised

resi

stan

t re

actio

n fr

om p

eopl

e be

caus

e th

e in

fras

truct

ure

deve

lop-

men

t, th

at is

mai

n pr

ogra

m o

f Jok

owi A

dmin

istra

tion,

ar

e ne

ver b

ring

benefi t

s to

Indo

nesi

an p

eopl

e, ju

st li

ke

WJI

A p

roje

ct in

Maj

alen

gka,

Wes

t Jav

a.

Dev

elop

men

t pla

n of

WJI

A is

incl

uded

in P

resi

dent

R

egul

atio

n N

umbe

r 3 Y

ear 2

016,

as o

ne o

f 225

nat

iona

l st

rate

gic

proj

ects

. The

se p

roje

cts c

ontin

ousl

y go

t res

ist-

ence

from

the

peop

le, i

nclu

ding

peo

ple

of S

ukam

ulya

vi

llage

.

Whe

n Su

kam

ulya

vill

ager

s are

goi

ng to

lost

thei

r liv

eli-

hood

, Nat

iona

l and

Pro

vinc

ial G

over

nmen

t onl

y pr

o-vi

ded

com

pens

atio

n on

thei

r lan

d an

d ho

uses

, with

out

relo

catio

n an

d gu

aran

tee

of b

ette

r life

in n

ew p

lace

. Thi

s is

a in

hum

an p

roje

ct.

WJI

A p

roje

ct is

a th

reat

to v

illag

ers e

cono

my,

who

will

su

ffer d

eter

iora

tion

of in

com

e an

d lif

e. P

eopl

e w

ho w

ill

got e

vict

ed a

re g

oing

to lo

st th

eir l

and,

sour

ce o

f life

and

al

iena

ted

from

thei

r soc

ial e

nviro

nmen

t.

All

of th

e vi

llage

wid

th 7

40 h

ecta

res c

onsi

st o

f agr

i-cu

ltura

l lan

d an

d ho

usin

g of

5.5

00 p

eopl

e ar

e go

ing

to

evic

ted

for W

JIA

pro

ject

.

Vic

tims c

ontin

ousl

y fa

ll do

wn

beca

use

of a

nti d

emoc

ra-

cy a

nd p

riorit

y in

dep

loym

ent o

f arm

ed fo

rces

act

ion

by

gove

rnm

ent,

inst

ead

of li

sten

ing

to p

eopl

e’s a

spira

tion.

Bas

ed o

n si

tuat

ion

in S

ukam

ulya

Vil-

lage

, Alia

nsi G

erak

an R

efor

ma

Agr

aria

(A

GR

A) s

tate

d:

1. C

onde

mni

ng v

iole

nce

actio

n by

gov

ern-

men

t in

hand

ling

peop

le’s

stru

ggle

, inc

ludi

ng

in S

ukam

ulya

, and

dem

andi

ng g

over

nmen

t to

impl

emen

t dem

ocra

tic w

ay in

han

dlin

g pe

ople

’s

dem

and.

2.

Dem

andi

ng W

est J

ava

Gov

erno

r to

stop

m

eter

ing

proc

ess a

nd p

ull o

ut th

e ar

med

forc

es

from

Suk

amul

ya C

onfl i

ct3.

Dem

andi

ng W

est J

ava

Polic

e C

hief

to re

leas

e Su

kam

ulya

vill

ager

s fro

m c

rimin

als a

ccus

atio

n.4.

Dem

andi

ng P

resi

dent

Joko

wi t

o re

voke

Pre

si-

dent

Reg

ulat

ion

Num

ber 3

Yea

r 201

6 on

Acc

el-

erat

ion

of Im

plem

enta

tion

of N

atio

nal S

trate

gic

Proj

ects

5. D

eman

ding

Joko

wi-J

K A

dmin

istra

tion

to

take

resp

onsi

bilit

y to

peo

ple

affe

cted

by

on g

o-in

g pr

ojec

ts b

y gu

aran

tee

the

fullfi

lmen

t of a

ll ec

onom

y, so

cial

, pol

itic

and

cultu

ral r

ight

s of t

he

peop

le

AGRA

cal

ls a

ll m

embe

rs in

var

ious

are

a to

take

full

role

in su

ppor

ting

the

stru

ggle

of S

ukam

ulya

Vill

ag-

ers.

AGRA

als

o in

vite

d al

l peo

ple

to g

ive

supp

ort

and

solid

arity

to th

e st

rugg

le o

f Suk

amul

ya v

illag

er.

#Res

istS

ukam

ulya

Villa

geEv

ictio

n#S

TopW

JIAD

evel

opm

ent

#Sto

pVio

lenc

eToP

eopl

e

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ishe

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a La

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for i

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stru

ctur

e pr

ojec

ts in

Indo

ne-

sia

certa

inly

gro

win

g. v

ario

us d

omes

tic a

nd in

tern

atio

nal fi

-na

ncia

l ins

titut

ions

such

as th

e Ind

ones

ia In

fras

truct

ure F

und

[IIF

], th

e Ja

pan

Ban

k fo

r Int

erna

tiona

l Coo

pera

tion

[JB

IC],

AD

B, W

orld

Ban

k up

to th

e la

test

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ady

to fi

nanc

e in

-fr

astru

ctur

e pr

ojec

ts sp

read

acr

oss I

ndon

esia

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Dep

uty

Gov

erno

r of t

he B

ank

of Ja

pan,

Hiro

shi N

akas

o on

ce

desc

ribed

how

Japa

nese

ban

ks h

ave

been

act

ivel

y en

cour

age

fi nan

cing

for

long

-term

pro

ject

s in

Ind

ones

ia. T

he s

ame

is

true

for t

he C

hine

se g

over

nmen

t inv

estm

ent w

ill fi

nanc

e th

e co

nstru

ctio

n of

four

toll

road

pro

ject

thos

e are

Ker

toso

no to

ll ro

ad w

orth

Rp

2.83

tril

lion,

Cile

unyi

-Sum

edan

g-D

awua

n (C

isun

daw

u) w

orth

Rp

3.4

trilli

on, B

alik

papa

n-Sa

mar

inda

w

orth

Rp

763

billi

on a

nd M

anad

o-B

itung

toll

road

with

the

loan

of R

p 1.

24 tr

illio

n.

The

Indo

nesi

an g

over

nmen

t ro

le i

n pr

ovid

ing

land

and

ch

angi

ng t

he r

ules

for

the

sak

e of

for

eign

cap

ital

infl o

ws.

Of c

ours

e, la

nd a

cqui

sitio

n fo

r inv

estm

ent a

nd in

fras

truct

ure

proj

ects

get

a lo

t of p

eopl

e’s r

esis

tanc

e. R

esis

tanc

e ar

ose

be-

caus

e of

land

acq

uisi

tion

will

mak

e pe

ople

lost

thei

r lan

d fo

r liv

e, a

gric

ultu

ral l

and,

and

als

o di

spla

cing

peo

ple’

s liv

es.

How

ever

, th

e In

done

sian

gov

ernm

ent

also

req

uest

ed a

nd

fund

ed to

pro

vide

a g

uara

ntee

of

“sec

urity

” fo

r th

e pr

ojec

t

and

the

inve

stm

ent c

an ru

n sm

ooth

ly. T

he m

ore

ofte

n w

e se

e th

e de

ploy

men

t of t

hous

ands

of s

tate

app

arat

us to

car

ry o

ut

the

evic

tion

in th

e na

me

of se

curit

y.

It refl e

cts t

he fa

ct th

at in

fras

truct

ure

deve

lopm

ent i

s not

ori-

ente

d to

war

ds p

eopl

e’s

wel

fare

at a

ll, a

s w

ell a

s fo

rmin

g a

stro

ng n

atio

nal

indu

stry

. Li

bera

lizat

ion

and

priv

atiz

atio

n m

eans

the

rem

oval

of s

ubsi

dies

and

soc

ial b

udge

ts s

uch

as

educ

atio

n an

d he

alth

for p

eopl

es. T

hus,

any

Joko

wi’s

infr

a-st

ruct

ure

proj

ects

will

not

pro

vide

che

ap a

nd a

fford

able

ser-

vice

s to

the

need

s of t

he p

eopl

e.

Dev

otio

n an

d de

pend

ence

on

the d

evel

opm

ent c

apita

l inv

est-

men

t and

fore

ign

debt

will

pus

h a c

ount

ry fu

rther

and

furth

er

into

deb

t bon

dage

dev

elop

men

t. C

onve

rsel

y, th

e m

obili

za-

tion

of la

nd w

ith fo

rced

evic

tion,

evic

tion

to v

iole

nce a

gain

st

the

peop

le in

the

vario

us se

ctor

s will

be

mor

e m

assi

ve. L

and

as a

n ec

onom

ic re

sour

ce p

eopl

e w

ill b

e re

plac

ed b

y as

phal

t an

d bu

ildin

g be

long

s to

loca

l and

fore

ign

inve

stor

s.

Peop

les s

uffe

ring

will

cont

inue

to g

row

as th

e deb

t of t

he co

n-st

ruct

ion

proj

ect w

ill b

e bo

rne

by th

e pe

ople

thro

ugh

vario

us

gove

rmen

t due

s an

d ta

xes.

Perh

aps

we

will

see

goo

d ro

ads,

toll

road

s, ta

ll bu

ildin

gs a

nd f

acto

ries

all o

ver

the

coun

try.

But

all

that

doe

s no

t bel

ong

to th

e pe

ople

, not

bel

ongi

ng to

In

done

sia

and

the

mos

t im

porta

nt is

thro

ugh

it al

l our

live

s be

com

e dr

iven

and

con

trolle

d.

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The

Indo

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an g

over

nmen

t deb

t pos

ition

in 2

011

s / d

in 2

016.

With

in 5

yea

rs o

f Ind

ones

ian

gove

rnm

ent d

ebt i

ncre

ases

ne

arly

dou

bled

to 3

,220

trilli

on ru

piah

, inc

ludi

ng d

ebt f

or in

frast

ruct

ure

proj

ects

.

Land

grab

bing

fo

r in

fras

truct

ure

deve

lopm

ent

unde

r Jo

kow

i-JK

Adm

inis

tratio

n be

cam

e m

ore

mas

sive

, hap

pen

ever

y w

here

, inc

ludi

ng in

Wes

t Ja

va.

Bas

ed o

n M

id T

erm

Nat

iona

l Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n (M

T-N

DP)

201

5 –

2019

, Jok

owi-J

K A

dmin

istra

tion

has

an

ambi

tious

infr

astru

ctur

e de

velo

pmen

t pla

n, a

mon

g ot

her

are

deve

lop

30 n

ew d

am, 3

3 hy

drop

ower

pla

nt, 2

.600

km

leng

th n

ew ro

ad, 1

.000

km

leng

th to

ll ro

ad, 1

5 ne

w

airp

ort,

24 n

ew p

ort,

3.20

0 km

leng

th n

ew ra

ilway

, and

ex

pant

ion

of o

il pa

lm p

lant

atio

n to

supp

ort 1

5% b

iofu

el

used

in e

ach

litre

of

sola

r, 36

coa

l pow

er p

lant

to g

en-

erat

e 20

.000

MW

ele

ctric

ity a

s pa

rt of

35.

000

MW

as

targ

et, t

ens o

f new

indu

stria

l are

as a

nd sp

ecia

l eco

nom

y ar

eas.

This

land

gra

bbin

g pr

ojec

ts s

uppo

rted

by p

oliti

cal d

eci-

sion

that

is P

resi

dent

Reg

ulat

ion

No.

30

Year

201

5 on

La

nd P

rocu

rem

ent

for

Publ

ic I

nter

est

(infr

astru

ctur

e),

and

Pres

iden

t Reg

ulat

ion

No.

3 Y

ear 2

016

on A

ccel

era-

tion

of I

mpl

emen

tatio

n of

Nat

iona

l St

rate

gic

Proj

ects

co

ntai

ned

225

natio

nal d

evel

opm

ent p

roje

cts.

Land

gra

bbin

g al

so h

appe

ned

in d

evel

opin

g W

est J

ava

Inte

rnat

iona

l Airp

ort (

WJI

A) a

t Ker

taja

ti D

istri

ct, M

aja-

leng

ka R

egen

cy. T

he d

evel

opm

ent p

lan

of W

JIA

thre

at-

en p

eopl

e’s l

ive

at S

ukam

ulya

Vill

age,

Ker

taja

ti D

istri

ct,

Maj

alen

gka

Reg

ency

. B

ackg

roun

d of

Peo

ple’

s Rej

ectio

n to

Evi

ctio

n Pl

anSu

kam

ulya

is a

ferti

le a

nd ri

ch o

f nat

ural

reso

urce

s vi

l-la

ge, w

idth

740

hec

tare

s w

ith p

opul

atio

n ar

ound

5.5

00

peop

le. 7

00 h

ecta

res o

f tot

al w

idth

of t

he v

illag

e is

farm

fi e

ld a

nd th

e re

st 4

0 he

ctar

es is

hou

sing

of t

he c

omm

u-ni

ty.

Maj

ority

of

Suka

mul

ya p

eopl

e w

orks

as

farm

er.

The

farm

fi el

d in

this

vill

age

very

ferti

le. O

ne h

ecta

re o

f pad

-dy

fi el

d ab

le p

rodu

ce 6

– 8

tons

of p

addy

in o

ne p

lant

ing

seas

on. I

n on

e yea

r the

re is

two

plan

ting

seas

on o

f pad

dy

and

one

plan

ting

seas

on f

or c

hilli

that

is a

lso

have

big

am

ount

of p

rodu

ctio

n.

Infr

astr

uctu

re P

roje

cts,

Thr

eat

To P

eopl

e :

Whe

n Pe

ople

Asp

iratio

ns A

nsw

ered

With

Vi

olen

ce

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sinc

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or e

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ple,

the

ava

ilabl

e fu

nds

reac

hed

US

$ 24

.2 b

illio

n or

incr

ease

d 45

% fr

om th

e pr

evi-

ous

year

. Thr

ough

the

com

man

d of

the

Wor

ld B

ank

that

es-

tabl

ishe

d in

the

Publ

ic P

rivat

e Pa

rtner

ship

inst

itutio

n [P

PP]

toge

ther

with

gov

ernm

ents

, dev

elop

men

t age

ncie

s an

d pr

i-va

te i

nves

tors

to

fund

inf

rast

ruct

ure

proj

ects

glo

bally

. It

beca

me

know

n as

the

Glo

bal I

nfra

stru

ctur

e Fa

cilit

ies

[GIF

] un

der t

he W

orld

Ban

k.

GIF

bec

ame

colla

bora

tion

of d

onor

s, m

ultil

ater

al d

evel

op-

men

t ban

ks an

d to

join

tly fi

nanc

e inf

rast

ruct

ure d

evel

opm

ent

in th

e PP

P sc

hem

e to

var

ious

cou

ntrie

s to

targ

et e

mer

ging

m

arke

ts [e

mer

ging

mar

ket]

and

coun

tries

that

are c

onsi

dere

d em

ergi

ng [e

mer

ging

cou

ntry

] suc

h as

Chi

na, I

ndia

, Ban

gla-

desh

, B

razi

l, N

orth

Afr

ica

and

Indo

nesi

a ar

e es

timat

ed to

co

st U

S $

1 tri

llion

for t

he n

ext 5

yea

rs.

Stat

e an

d im

peria

list i

nstit

utio

ns v

ying

to p

rovi

de d

ebt r

elie

f fo

r a

varie

ty o

f in

fras

truct

ure

proj

ects

. Whi

le g

over

nmen

ts

in c

ount

ries

such

as

Indo

nesi

a ar

e fu

nded

for i

nfra

stru

ctur

e de

velo

pmen

t, at

the

sam

e tim

e im

peria

list c

ount

ries

urge

d th

e fr

ee th

e tra

de a

nd in

vest

men

(FTA

’s)a

gend

a to

mak

e su

re

thei

r ca

pita

l, in

dust

ry a

nd g

oods

can

ent

er in

to d

evel

opin

g co

untri

es w

ithou

t bar

riers

. As

curr

ently

em

ergi

ng fr

ee tr

ade

and

inve

stm

ent

nego

tiatio

ns a

gend

a lik

es R

CEP

, TPP

and

FT

A’s n

egot

iatio

ns ro

und

in th

e W

TO.

Vario

us s

chem

es o

f “c

oope

ratio

n an

d tra

de-e

cono

mic

par

t-

ners

hip”

cro

ss-r

egio

nal A

sia-

Pacifi c

regi

on is

a c

onta

iner

of

vario

us i

nves

tmen

t sc

hem

es,

trade

in

good

s an

d se

rvic

es,

supp

orte

d w

ith m

ajor

infr

astru

ctur

e de

velo

pmen

t.

Indo

nesi

an g

over

nmen

t’s r

ole

for

land

pro

vidi

ng a

nd in

-ve

stm

ent s

ecur

ity

Indo

nesi

a’s p

ositi

on b

ecom

es v

ery

impo

rtant

in m

ajor

infr

a-st

ruct

ure

proj

ects

as

part

of th

e co

nstru

ctio

n of

con

nect

ing

lines

bet

wee

n re

gion

s and

bet

wee

n co

untri

es. E

stab

lishm

ent

of in

fras

truct

ure

in In

done

sia

used

to su

ppor

t the

circ

ulat

ion

of g

oods

and

ser

vice

s as

wel

l as

prop

rieta

ry tr

adin

g im

peri-

alis

t and

col

leag

ues a

t Ind

ones

ia.

Inte

rnat

iona

l Fi

nanc

e C

orpo

ratio

n [I

FC],

an

inst

itutio

n fo

rmed

Wor

ld B

ank

said

if In

done

sia

wan

ted

to c

ontin

ue to

co

mpe

te a

s a

coun

try g

row

s ec

onom

ical

ly, i

t is

very

impo

r-ta

nt to

mak

e in

fras

truct

ure

proj

ects

as a

requ

irem

ent f

or fo

r-ei

gn c

apita

l goi

ng in

to In

done

sia.

Toge

ther

with

the

Wor

ld B

ank,

IFC

cha

nnel

for

the

Ind

o-ne

sian

gov

ernm

ent’s

deb

t am

ount

ed to

US

$ 12

bill

ion

for

four

yea

rs. B

eyon

d th

at e

ach

inst

itutio

n ha

s di

sbur

sed

US

$ 1

billi

on in

the

early

201

6’s.

IFC

als

o la

ter g

ave

Joko

wi’s

ca

pita

l to

rai

se f

unds

int

o in

fras

truct

ure fi n

ance

com

pany

na

med

PT

Sara

na M

ulti

Infr

astru

ctur

e (S

MI)

. In

add

ition

to

fore

ign

fund

s, In

done

sian

gov

ernm

ent a

lso

utili

ze p

ublic

fu

nds d

raw

n th

roug

h va

rious

sche

mes

such

as B

PJS

(sos

ial

Edi

tori

al

Fund

ing

need

s fo

r fi n

anci

ng in

frast

ruct

ure

proj

ects

in th

e w

orld

and

Asi

a P

acifi

c.S

ourc

e A

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ord

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Yet,

with

the

deve

lopm

ent p

lan

of W

JIA

at K

erta

jati

dis-

trict

, Maj

alen

gka

Reg

ency

, the

gov

ernm

ent s

eem

s don

’t ap

prec

iate

the

life

of th

e co

mm

unity

. The

fer

tile

Suka

-m

ulya

vill

age

is g

oing

to m

issi

ng e

aten

by

Joko

wi-J

K

and

Wes

t Jav

a Pr

ovin

cial

Gov

ernm

ent a

nti p

eopl

e am

bi-

tious

pro

ject

. Th

e pl

an o

f WJI

A d

evel

opm

ent t

hrea

t the

life

of 5

.500

pe

ople

of S

ukam

ulya

vill

age,

and

the

com

mun

ity su

ffer

huge

eco

nom

y lo

ss. F

rom

agr

icul

tura

l sec

tor a

lone

, with

av

erag

e pr

oduc

tion

of d

ry g

rain

per

hec

tar

is 7

tons

in

one

plan

ting

seas

on, w

ith 7

00 h

ecta

res

of p

addy

fi el

d,

the

com

mun

ity l

oss

thei

r pr

oduc

tion

in a

mou

nt 4

.900

to

ns p

er p

lant

ing

seas

on. I

f we

calc

ulat

e w

ith th

e pr

ice

of d

ry g

rain

that

is 4

.700

IDR

per

kg,

then

the

loss

suffe

r by

the

com

mun

ity i

s 23

.030

.000

.000

ID

R p

er s

easo

n,

not m

entio

n ot

her t

ype

of a

gric

ultu

ral c

omm

odity

suc

h as

chi

lli, s

quas

h an

d m

angg

o.

That

obj

ectiv

e co

nditi

on b

ecam

e a

valid

and

stro

ng re

ason

of s

uka-

mul

ya c

omm

unity

stru

ggle

in d

e-fe

ndin

g th

eir a

nces

tor l

and,

reje

ct-

ing

the

evic

tion

for

inte

rnat

iona

l ai

rpor

t de

velo

pmen

t, be

caus

e th

e co

mm

unity

doe

s no

t and

will

not

ge

t an

y be

nefi t

fro

m t

he a

irpor

t as

ide

of a

cute

pov

erty

.Fa

scis

t Act

ion

by W

est J

ava

Pro-

vinc

ial G

over

nmen

t by

depl

oyin

g ar

med

for

ces

for

suka

mul

ya l

and

evic

tion

The

deve

lopm

ent

of W

JIA

will

fo

rced

thro

ugh

the

crea

tion

of sp

e-ci

al c

omm

ittee

to a

ccel

erat

e ev

ic-

tion

of su

kam

ulya

vill

age,

with

no

atte

ntio

n to

Suk

amul

ya c

omm

uni-

ty’s

life

. The

wes

t jav

a pr

ovin

cial

go

vern

men

t eve

n di

d no

t res

pond

to

suk

amul

ya c

omm

unity

asp

ira-

tion.

The

las

t st

atem

ent

of w

est

java

pr

ovin

cial

go

vern

men

t is

th

e go

vern

men

t will

onl

y pr

ovid

e co

mpe

nsat

ion

with

no

relo

catio

n or

fur

ther

gua

rant

ee o

n th

e co

n-tin

uity

of

life

of s

ukam

ulya

com

-m

unity

. Th

e sp

ecia

l com

mitt

ee fo

rmed

by

wes

t ja

va p

rovi

ncia

l go

vern

men

t co

nsis

t of

wes

t ja

va p

rovi

ncia

l go

vern

men

t, m

ajal

engk

a re

genc

y

gove

rnm

ent,

maj

alen

gka

rege

ncy

land

offi

ce, w

est j

ava

regi

onal

offi

ce o

f na

tiona

l lan

d bo

dy, a

ttorn

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pla

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peci

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com

mitt

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ill c

ondu

ct la

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easu

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ent o

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at

are

goin

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acqu

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dep

loyi

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roun

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pers

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of jo

int f

orce

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m m

ilita

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nd p

olic

e in

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a-m

ulya

vill

age,

but

this

pla

n go

t rej

ectio

n fr

om th

e co

m-

mun

ity.

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, th

e la

nd m

easu

rem

ent

cond

ucte

d ag

ain

on 1

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ovem

ber

2016

by

depl

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pers

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of a

rmed

fo

rces

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kam

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com

mun

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hat

alre

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has

been

fi gh

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r 12

yea

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with

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ORI

AL

Infra

stru

ctur

e m

ega

proj

ect

of W

est

Java

Int

erna

tiona

l A

irpor

t (W

JIA

) loc

ated

in M

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art o

f the

infr

a-st

ruct

ure

proj

ects

whi

ch b

ecam

e th

e m

ains

tay

of Jo

kow

i-JK

adm

inis

tratio

n.

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proj

ect

gain

s re

sist

ance

fro

m t

he p

eopl

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erfo

rm

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ses a

ctio

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ght t

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ct fo

r mor

e th

an 1

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stru

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sine

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ity

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stim

ated

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quire

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udge

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nded

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budg

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ava

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udge

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till

look

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unds

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estic

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inve

stor

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ical

ly, t

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uge

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pent

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vern

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ent

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dget

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n 20

16 J

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inis

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ade

natio

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udge

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ainl

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dget

for s

ocia

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stio

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er-

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asic

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roje

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ven

with

out r

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the

refu

sal

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ithou

t giv

ing

clar

ity th

e fa

te o

f the

peo

ple

who

will

be

disp

lace

d.

Impe

rial

ist

Stat

e’s

role

in

infr

astr

uctu

re d

evel

opm

ent

proj

ects

.

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infr

astru

ctur

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velo

pmen

t is t

he m

ain

prog

ram

Joko

wi-

JK g

over

nmen

t. It

was

refl e

cted

in v

ario

us s

tate

men

ts a

bout

th

e im

porta

nce

of in

fras

truct

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lopm

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ell a

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-fo

rts to

attr

act i

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tmen

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to fi

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roje

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n In

done

sia.

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ent a

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ter b

ecam

e a

cont

rove

rsy

is th

e co

nstru

ctio

n of

a

fast

trai

n fr

om J

akar

ta to

Ban

dung

.Unt

uk c

arry

out

a w

ide

rang

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astru

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ts, t

he g

over

nmen

t Jok

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et

need

s fun

ds to

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h R

p 4,

800

trilli

on u

ntil

2019

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nwhi

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gove

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lity

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aro

und

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co

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mas

sive

in

fras

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ent

laun

ched

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n th

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orld

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xper

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ing

a cr

isis

due

to th

e st

agna

tion

of e

cono

mic

gro

wth

bot

h in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, E

u-ro

pean

Uni

on, C

hina

, and

Jap

an?.

Inv

estm

ent i

n in

fras

truc-

ture

pro

ject

s is

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impo

rtant

sul

utio

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the

mai

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ay to

the

expo

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pita

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risis

an

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duct

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situ

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irth

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ts i

n th

e va

rious

co

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epen

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inve

stm

ent a

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ebt.

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new

snar

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inf

rast

ruct

ure

proj

ects

will

ext

end

the

debt

bon

dage

of

vario

us c

ount

ries

on in

vest

men

t and

deb

t. In

add

ition

to th

e ca

mpa

ign

of w

ar a

nd a

ggre

ssio

n, in

fras

truct

ure

proj

ects

als

o ha

ve th

e sa

me

role

in m

ovin

g ca

pita

l and

impe

rialis

t-ow

ned

indu

strie

s suc

h as

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, E

U a

nd Ja

pan.

Inte

rnat

iona

l fun

ds a

vaila

ble

for i

nfra

stru

ctur

e pr

ojec

ts g

row

Hidd

en In

tere

sts

Behi

nd J

okow

i Adm

inis

trat

ion’

s In

frast

ruct

ure

Proj

ects

Jatig

ede

Dam

, Sum

e-da

ng -

Wes

t Jav

a,

one

of g

over

nmen

m

ega

proj

ects

fund

ed

by fo

reig

n in

vest

ors.

Dam

dev

elop

men

t ha

s di

spla

ced

45

thou

sand

peo

ples

, 3,

200

hect

ares

of r

ice

fi eld

s at

28

villa

ges

in

fi ve

dist

ricts

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e re

side

nts

who

ha

ve d

ispl

aced

from

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tiged

e no

w b

ack

to b

e di

spla

ced

by a

hi

ghw

ay in

frast

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proj

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