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        "id": 1187006,
        "msgid": "hundreds-protest-over-play-ban-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-09-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "Hundreds protest over play ban",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Hundreds protest over play ban SURAKARTA, Central Java: Hundreds of students and youths marched to the City Legislative Council yesterday in protest against the local government's last minute ban against a play about workers. The protesters gathered at a park north of the Kraton Solo (sultan's palace). There was a brief moment of tension as they were prevented from entering the Legislative Council Building by security forces deployed around the area.",
        "content": "<p>Hundreds protest over play ban<\/p>\n<p>SURAKARTA, Central Java: Hundreds of students and youths<br>\nmarched to the City Legislative Council yesterday in protest<br>\nagainst the local government's last minute ban against a play<br>\nabout workers.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters gathered at a park north of the Kraton Solo<br>\n(sultan's palace). There was a brief moment of tension as they<br>\nwere prevented from entering the Legislative Council Building by<br>\nsecurity forces deployed around the area.<\/p>\n<p>Failing to meet with members of the council, the protesters<br>\nstaged a sit-in outside the council building and held a \"free<br>\nforum\" in which they criticized the government for the ban<br>\nagainst the performance by the Tangerang-based Indonesian Labor<br>\nTheater.<\/p>\n<p>The group was to stage two sold-out performances at the<br>\nPalace's Arts Garden on Saturday and Sunday. Police issued the<br>\nban less than 24 hours before the first scheduled performance.<\/p>\n<p>Surakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Hery Syafrudin yesterday<br>\nexplained that the play did not have a permit to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>He denied the accusations that police had banned the<br>\nperformance. \"We didn't even know that it was going to be<br>\nperformed here. How could we have banned it?\". (har\/emb)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/hundreds-protest-over-play-ban-1447893297",
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