Minister of Transmigration M. Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara said that his party respects the identity and history of the old villages on Batam Island, Rempang Island, and Galang Island Riau Islands, which are now included in the buffer zone of the Batam industrial area.
"In the old village, we (the Ministry of Transmigration) respect identity, history, and so on. Our proposal is to legalize it, we (the government) give (the community's rights to their land). What many people don't know is that the transformation of this transmigration doesn't actually have to involve relocation," he said in Jakarta, Monday.
He said that as long as the land ownership status in the village is clear, the residents of the old village in the Barelang area can participate and enjoy incentives from the transmigration program, without having to relocate.
Through this mechanism, he said, residents can remain on their respective lands that they have inhabited for decades, even several generations.
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