Activists told to ignore summonses

Activists told to ignore summonses

UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: The chief of the Jakarta-based
Legal Aid Institute Foundation, Bambang Widjojanto, said
yesterday that the independent poll watchdog's local activists
should ignore police summonses.

Bambang said the police had no legal grounds to question the
unrecognized Independent Election Monitoring Committee's
activities.

"The police have no reason for questioning the activists,"
Bambang told journalists after installing A. Mappinawang as the
chief of the institute's Ujungpandang chapter.

The police questioned Adnan Buyung Azis and Amiruddin of the
poll watchdog's local branch on suspicion that they had held an
illegal meeting before the May 29 election.

Police have issued summonses to two other activists. One of
them, Nasiruddin Pasigai, has refused to appear before the
police. (37)