Cilandak residents protest FBR post

Cilandak residents protest FBR post

JAKARTA: Hundreds of members of the Betawi Brotherhood Forum
(FBR) and residents of Cilandak Barat, South Jakarta,
stopped short of brawling on Monday afternoon over the
establishment of a security post.

Outnumbered by residents opposing the establishment of the
post 500 to 200 the FBR members left Jl. Terogong, near the
Kristal Hotel, where the post had been erected.

According to Cilandak Police chief Comr. Eko Kristianto, the
residents had sent an objection letter to the subdistrict head
over the weekend, but the eight-meter-square post had been
erected on Sunday regardless. -- JP