Fifty rally at CGI pre-session

JAKARTA (JP): Some 50 activists from several non-governmental organizations staged a rally here on Monday protesting the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI), which, they claim, had aggravated the situation in the country.

The rally was conducted in front of the Ministry of Finance office in Central Jakarta as a CGI pre-session meeting was about to begin.

Former minister of finance Frans Seda who was supposed to join the meeting had to climb over the 1.5-meter high office fence to get in as security personnel had to close the gate to prevent protestors from entering the office compound.

The rally ended peacefully without incident later in the day.(01)