Jakarta – Dozens of residents blocked Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan outside City Hall on Monday while demanding the postponement of a plan to evict residents from their homes in Rawa Badung, East Jakarta.

Head of the residents' group, Eddy Pardede, said the eviction was scheduled for Tuesday.

Jakarta Public Order Agency's head of operations, Crisman, told residents there would not be any evictions this Tuesday. "The eviction plans are being postponed because we have many national holidays at the end of the year".

The protest blocked two of three lanes, causing long delays in a traffic jam which did not clear until later that afternoon.