12 Himpala members detained

12 Himpala members detained

The South Jakarta police detained 12 students from the Nature
Lovers Association (Himpala) of the National University on
Thursday for allegedly burning and damaging the command post of
the university's student regiment.

Police chief, Lt. Col. Silvanus Julian Wenas, said over the
weekend that the dossiers of the 12 students will be completed
within the next few days.

The suspects will face a maximum prison term of five and a
half years if found guilty of damaging the facility.

After completing the dossiers, police will start investigating
the beating of a number of the regiment's members, also by the
Himpala members.

Five members of the regiment were wounded during the heated
clash on Tuesday. (bsr)