The real reason many poor Jakartans are opposing Ahok in the gubernatorial election

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated February 4 2017 - 11:18am, first published 9:46am
Residents say they were evicted despite a "political contract" with Governor Ahok. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Residents say they were evicted despite a "political contract" with Governor Ahok. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Some residents of Kampung Akuarium, in North Jakarta, refused to leave when evicted in April.  Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Some residents of Kampung Akuarium, in North Jakarta, refused to leave when evicted in April. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Dharma Diani, resident of Kampung Aquarium, North Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Dharma Diani, resident of Kampung Aquarium, North Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Residents have been living in tents and shelters donated by opposition parties. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Residents have been living in tents and shelters donated by opposition parties. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
A Kampung Akuarium residents walks through mountains of rubbish and rubble in the makeshift neighbourhood. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
A Kampung Akuarium residents walks through mountains of rubbish and rubble in the makeshift neighbourhood. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
A resident at Kampung Akuarium. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
A resident at Kampung Akuarium. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah

Jakarta: We are being taken on a tour that Dharma Diani grimly calls "rubble tourism".

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