Protesters forced off the street<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Riot police had to force some 50 students into a
\ntruck on Thursday after the students staged a rally that caused a
\nmassive traffic jam in a main street of South Jakarta, the chief
\nof South Jakarta Police precinct said.<\/p>\n
The students from various universities were protesting against
\nthe government's slow action over the Bank Bali scandal when they
\nwere seized by the police on Jl. HR Rasuna Said. However, they
\nwere released at the Pancoran intersection about one kilometer
\nfrom the site.<\/p>\n
\"We had to seize them because they had failed to give prior
\nnotice of the rally to the authorities,\" said police Lt. Col.
\nSatrya Harry Prasetya to reporters.<\/p>\n
The protesters, identifying themselves as members of the
\nStudent Action Front for Reform and Democracy (FAMRED), started
\nthe rally around noon, expressing their concern over the Bank
\nBali scam that has disrupted investors' confidence in Indonesia's
\neconomy.<\/p>\n
After failing to persuade the students to disperse peacefully,
\npolice officials forced them into a truck. The incident did not
\nend violently and none of the students were injured. (04)<\/p>",
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