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July 23, 2010 - Indonesia

Police Demolish Church House

July 22 (Compass Direct News) – Public order personnel on Monday (July 19) supported Bogor police officers who demolished a house where a church regularly met in a village in Bogor Regency, West Java. Clashes broke out with church members and others as police tore down the Narogong Pentecostal Church building in Limusnunggal village, Cileungsi sub-district, and officers arrested 10 people. Those arrested were questioned and released. Some officers and a civilian were reportedly injured. Local residents, including non-Christians, had accepted the presence of the church, said local Block Captain Junaedi Syamsudin, but a group called the Forum of the Muslim Brotherhood of Limusnanggal has worked since 2008 to have the church eliminated. Three months ago members of the forum went to Cileungsi offices to object to the church’s presence, Syamsudin said, and the regent promised to demolish the house. Eddy Hidayat, head of Bogor police operations, said the house lacked a use permit. The building coordinator for the Pentecostal church, Hotlan P. Silaen, said police were not neutral in the dispute. “The clash with citizens could have been avoided if the police had been neutral and not been goaded into a situation that caused bodily harm,” Silaen said. The Rev. Rekson Sitorus said the church will take legal action against those responsible for demolishing the house, including the Bogor administration.

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