Central Java council gets rotten eggs<\/p>\n
SEMARANG: Dozens of students pelted rotten eggs and Rp 100
\ncoins at the Central Java legislative council on Thursday in a
\nprotest against an overseas trip by 19 of its members.<\/p>\n
The 19 councillors from Commission B left for Syarjah, United
\nArab Emirates, on Thursday afternoon in a trip being paid for
\nfrom the provincial budget.<\/p>\n
The three-day visit is aimed at observing an exhibition there
\nto promote commodities from Central Java. The exhibition, slated
\nto end on Saturday, is sponsored by 25 businesspeople from the
\nprovince.<\/p>\n
\"The trip to the Middle East is merely for pleasure. It is
\nlike collective corruption,\" protest leader Razzak Fauzan Aziz
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The protesters numbered about 20 students from the Humanika
\nForum.<\/p>\n
It will reportedly cost the state Rp 800 million (US$94,117)
\nto send the councillors to the United Arab Emirates (not Rp 100
\nmillion as reported by The Jakarta Post on Thursday).<\/p>\n
\"It's a waste of money. They have clearly ignored the
\ncondition of the people, many of whom are suffering hardships due
\nto poverty,\" Razzak said. --JP<\/p>",
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