0 Tensions escalate at Bogor church as PKS joins fray

Members of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) congregation were again prevented from holding mass as police officers and soldiers blocked access to their sealed church building on Sunday.

More than 600 Bogor Police officers and soldiers from a nearby Indonesian Military base were stationed near the church along Jl. Abdullah bin Nuh since early Sunday in anticipation of protests from groups supporting and opposing the re-opening of the church.

0 Munir Karta Bantah Palsukan Tanda Tangan

Jemaah GKI Yasmin melakukan ibadah kebaktian Minggu di pinggir jalan dengan dijaga ketat aparat Satpol PP di Jalan Raya Yasmin Bogor, Minggu (2/10). TEMPO/ Arie Basuki

Munir Karta, mantan Ketua RT 7 RW 3, Kelurahan Curug Mekar, Kecamatan Bogor Barat, Bogor, Jawa Barat, membantah tudingan telah merekayasa tanda tangan warga dalam surat tidak keberatan masyarakat atas pembangunan rumah ibadah Gereja Kristen Indonesia Yasmin.


Surat tersebut merupakan salah satu persyaratan izin mendirikan bangunan. Karena IMB dinilai cacat persyaratan, maka Pemerintah Kota Bogor menerbitkan Surat Keputusan Nomor 645.45-137 tanggal 11 Maret 2011 tentang pencabutan IMB.