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| Subject: Rights violations: Jakarta's red light district destroyed after 3000 residents were force-evacuated Mon Feb 29, 2016 7:02 pm | |
| Kalijodo – one of Jakarta's most notorious red light districts since the days of Dutch colonialism – ended not with a bang but with a whimper.
Authorities were braced for trouble after ugly clashes between police and residents last year during the forced eviction of the flood-prone Kampung Pulo slums in east Jakarta in order to expand the capacity of the river.
But on the final day of the eviction of more than 3000 residents from Kalijodo the drizzly streets were almost deserted. A confused homeless man was one of the few Fairfax Media saw escorted out of the area.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/red-lights-go-out-in-kalijodo-where-troops-outnumbered-residents-20160229-gn69gw.html#ixzz41bYu0dow |
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