Student protesters to occupy palace<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of students who are members of the All-
\nJava Executive Student Boards will rally at the State Palace on
\nThursday to demand the resignation of President Abdurrahman Wahid
\nand the dissolution of the Golkar Party.<\/p>\n
Spokesperson for the group, Aulia, told The Jakarta Post on
\nWednesday the students \"will occupy the palace for six hours,
\nbeginning from 6 a.m.\" and stage a peaceful demonstration.<\/p>\n
The students, Aulia said, would depart from the Salemba campus
\nof the University of Indonesia in Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The rally coincides with the 52nd anniversary of an attack on
\na Dutch base in Yogyakarta by Indonesian independence strugglers
\nled by Lt. Col. Soeharto, who later became the country's second
\npresident. The Indonesian soldiers occupied the then country's
\ncapital city for six hours, sending a message to the
\ninternational community of resistance to the Dutch effort to
\nreclaim its colony. (amd)<\/p>",
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