Tangerang – Hundreds of residents of a Chinese-Indonesian community popularly known as Cina Benteng (Chinese of the Fort) living in Sewan Tongyan area in Neglasari subdistrict, sTangerang, staged a rally on Friday in protest of a move by a private land owner to fence off a plot of land that the former believes is part of their local public cemetery.

Embih, one of the protesting residents, said that the 8,700-square meter plot of land had been donated by the late Thio Keng Bih to be Cina Benteng cemetery, had now had been reclaimed by one of the later's heirs.

"As far as we know, Thio Keng Bih donated the plot of land for the public cemetery so it's impossible for the family members to suddenly reclaim and fence it off," he said.

The residents also urged the local administration to provide them with an explanation about the land title.

District administration chief Boyke Ahmad Syafei told the protesting residents that he would summon the subdistrict chief and the family of the benefactor for clarification. "I will take the matter to Mayor Wahidin Halim," he said.