Dayak People Oppose Transmigration Plan for Food Estate Program
Residents organized under the United Dayak Alliance held a demonstration in front of the Central Kalimantan governor’s office on Monday.
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President Joko Widodo (right, foreground) inspects a site of the national food estate program on Thursday (9/7/2020) in Bentuk Jaya village, Kapuas regency, Central Kalimantan.
PALANGKARAYA, KOMPAS – Residents organized under the United Dayak Alliance held a demonstration in front of the Central Kalimantan governor’s office on Monday to protest the government’s transmigration program aimed at supporting the development of food estates in the province.
Dozens of people wearing traditional Dayak clothes rallied on the Monday morning, with some giving speeches and others presenting traditional dances during the protest. They walked from the office of the Central Kalimantan Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) to the governor’s office in the provincial capital of Palangkaraya. Security forces guarded the peaceful protest.