Ayu Cipta, Jakarta – Residents of Benteng, Tangerang used various ways to show their rejection of the eviction that will be carried out by the local police today. To encourage the protestors, they beat on drums and pans.

Hundreds of residents of all ages wore red headbands. Instead of feeling sad, they sang songs.

Diana Ginting, 45, despite having a hoarse voice, led the group. They formed a barricade and cried "Say no to eviction! Don't back out although the excavator is here."

Muhamad Isnur from the Legal Aid Foundation Jakarta instructed the crowd to hold hands from the first row and all the way back. "Will you back out if 1000 troops come?" he asked. The ladies shouted "No!".

Until this news went to print, the people were placing blockades and held hands to form a chain.