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Rempang Eco-City: 'We will not leave', say the islanders fighting eviction

2023-10-20 08:54
Fishing communities on this Indonesian island are locked in a battle with the government over land.
Rempang Eco-City: 'We will not leave', say the islanders fighting eviction

Amlah, or Grandma Cuh as the 105-year-old is fondly known, has been living on the Indonesian island of Rempang all her life.

The oldest resident of this fishing village, she has married twice, given birth to eight children, and buried four of them. When her time comes, she says, she wants to be...