South Jakarta Mayor Tri Kurniadi warnedSatpol PP (Public Order Agency) officers to not to take selfies and to work seriously while dismantling buildings in Bukit Duriyesterday.
I hope [they] do it seriously [and] not playing around. Dont take selfies. I hope there will be no selfies taken while working, Tri said during an assembly.
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The caution is to keep the officers safe since the place is located on a riverbank that might be slippery due to flood.
No selfie, okay? [We] worry [because] it is on a riverbank," said the head of South Jakarta Satpol PP Ujang Harmawan.
South Jakarta government dismantled buildings at the area of Bukit Duri to make way for Ciliwung River normalization program.
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Evictionshad been done several times and were usually met with protests. However, this time, government claimed that there was no such thing.
Yesterday, 385 people from Bukit Duri are relocated to government-subsidized flats in Cakung, Pulogebang, Komarudin and Rawa Bebek.
Most of the residentsreportedly have moved since last Ramadan and after Idul Fitri.
Thegovernment also promised to provide free Transjakarta service and school buses to help children go to school if the schools are too far from their current homes.