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)