Megawati's lawyers receive bomb threats<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers for the fractured Indonesian Democratic
\nParty (PDI) canceled yesterday their first anniversary
\ncelebration, planned for today, following bomb threats.<\/p>\n
Chief of the group known as the Public Defenders of Indonesian
\nDemocracy (TPDI), R.O. Tambunan, told reporters that the team
\ndecided to call off the celebration following a report by a
\nsecurity officer at the planned venue, the Cempaka Hotel in
\nCempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, about the bomb threats.<\/p>\n
The officer said the hotel received phone calls by anonymous
\nsources threatening to bomb the building if the team of lawyers
\ncontinued to proceed with their celebration.<\/p>\n
\"We concluded that it was too risky to hold the celebration,\"
\nTambunan said.<\/p>\n
Last year Tambunan and 3,000 colleagues across the country
\nestablished TPDI, which filed lawsuits against the government and
\nmilitary officials who backed a PDI congress in Medan, North
\nSumatra, that ousted Megawati Soekarnoputri as chairwoman and
\nelected her rival, Soerjadi.<\/p>\n
The team also represents some of Megawati's supporters who
\nwere accused of assaulting people and damaging property in
\nCentral Jakarta on July 27 last year.<\/p>\n
In addition to the bomb threats, Tambunan said the celebration
\nhad to be canceled because the team failed to secure a police
\npermit.<\/p>\n
He said the chief of Cempaka Putih Police precinct said his
\noffice could not issue a permit because it was the authority of
\nthe National Police to do so.<\/p>\n
Tambunan expressed bewilderment over the bomb threats and over
\nthe police's refusal to grant a permit as, he believed, nobody
\nshould have been disturbed by the team's celebration.<\/p>\n
\"There's nothing to be worried about... it's a mere
\ncelebration of our anniversary,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The team had planned, during the celebration, a book launching
\nand the presentation of the Sahardjo Award to former justice Adi
\nAndojo Soetjipto for his campaign for clean law enforcement in
\nthe country.<\/p>\n
Tambunan said Megawati deeply regretted the developments that
\nled to the cancellation of the celebration.<\/p>\n
\"She can't understand why the police couldn't issue a permit,\"
\nTambunan said. (05)<\/p>",
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