Jakarta – More than 500 residents blockaded the entrance to Koja container terminal in North Jakarta on Thursday, hampering activities at the terminal owned by state port operator PT Pelindo II.

The residents demanded compensation from the state enterprise for land acquired in 1994 to build the terminal.

One landowner, Siregar, said the land was only valued at Rp 100,000 (around US$10) per square meter when the company relocated as many as 4,200 families from the 92-hectare plot of land 13 years ago.

"They paid a low price because they said we did not possess legal land certificates, claiming the land still belonged to the colonial government. But, some of us had the (land ownership) certificates," he said as quoted by Tempointeraktif news portal.