Hundreds of residents of Balekambang village, Banten, have staged a demonstration to protest against a plan to build a Chinese cemetery in the area.
The coordinator of the demonstration, Sulton Aziz from the Residents’ Anti-Chinese Cemetery Solidarity Group, said the plan had gone against existing procedures and regulations, Antara reported Thursday.
The developer had not secured any building permit or a permit from local residents to build the cemetery, he added.
During the protest, which lasted two hours on Wednesday, residents carried banners calling for all residents the arear to oppose the plan.
A Buddhist foundation, Yayasan Timur Raya, plans to build the cemetery on a 500 hectare plot of land near the village. So far it has acquired only 20 hectares for the cemetery.
Aziz said some villagers had agreed to sell their land because they were told it would be used for a cattle farm.
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