Farid recalls Wednesday's assault

Farid recalls Wednesday's assault

JAKARTA: Farid Faqih, the embattled antigraft activist, said on
Sunday that when he was assaulted by eight to nine people on
Wednesday, three or four of whom were Indonesian Military (TNI)
personnel.

One of the TNI personnel involved was Capt. Suaib, Farid, the
coordinator of Government Watch (GOWA) and who was in Banda Aceh,
told the audience during a teleconference held in the Hotel
Sahid, Jakarta.

During the teleconference, which was organized by the Bogor
Agricultural Institute's (IPB) alumni association, Farid denied
that he had stolen tsunami aid on Wednesday. He said that he was
merely attempting to bring the aid to a dry place for fear that
the aid, which was laid out on the tarmac of the Iskandar Muda
air force base, would be soaked by the rain. -- detik