Soldiers on dead alert<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Troops jealously guarding vital government offices
\naround the National Monument stopped a funeral procession, which
\nthey mistook for a Golkar rally because the mourners carried
\nyellow flags.<\/p>\n
A brief argument occurred before the mourners could convince
\nthe soldiers that the coffin contained a real corpse and they
\nwere not student demonstrators protesting controversial
\ngovernment policies.<\/p>\n
\"We are not demonstrating, Sir. Just look at what is inside
\nthe coffin,\" a relative of the deceased told the riot troops.<\/p>\n
The procession was on the way from the Hayam Wuruk area near
\nthe Bina Graha presidential office to Tanah Kusir Cemetery in
\nSouth Jakarta when the alert soldiers stopped it.<\/p>\n
In a show of sympathy, the soldiers were kind enough to use
\none of their armored vehicles parked near the defense ministry to
\nescort the funeral procession through the traffic in the area,
\nAntara reported.<\/p>\n
Apparently, good luck was with the deceased along the way.
\nWhen the procession confronted an unruly United Development Party
\nstreet rally, the party supporters stopped and gave way to it.
\n(pan)<\/p>",
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