Caltex Riau on high alert

Caltex Riau on high alert

PEKANBARU, Riau: PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia was heavily
guarded on Friday following violence between security personnel
and student protesters on Thursday.

Antara said that security personnel were seen guarding the
company's main entrance. It also said that a number of barbed
wire barricades were also erected near the gate.

At least 10 students were injured when police broke up a sit-
in at the office of PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia in Rumbai, some
10 kilometers north of here.

Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the
students, who had torn down the gate in front of the office
building of the country's largest private oil company. Officers
from the National Police's Mobile Brigade unit also used rattan
batons to break up the rally.

No arrests have been reported following the demonstration.
(byg)