Central Java riots not organized

Central Java riots not organized

YOGYAKARTA: Brig. Gen. Bibit Waluyo, who heads the Diponegoro
Military Command overseeing Central Java and Yogyakarta, said on
Thursday he had not found anything to suggest that a number of
recent riots in Central Java had been incited by agents
provocateurs.

"There were no agitators behind the recent rioting. They took
place spontaneously," he said on the sidelines of a seminar on
reform at Gadjah Mada University here.

In recent months, riots and brawls have taken place in
Cilacap, Pemalang, Tegal and a number of other Central Java
towns. Bibit said than most of the trouble erupted spontaneously
among people frustrated by hardships suffered during the economic
crisis. (44/29)