Four-day event celebrates student movement

Four-day event celebrates student movement

JAKARTA (JP): The massive student movement which oversaw the
fall of former president Soeharto is being eulogized in a four-
day event which includes discussions and exhibitions.

Organized by Kompas daily, the event at Bentara Budaya on Jl.
Palmerah Selatan, Central Jakarta, was opened on Tuesday by Asih
Widodo, father of Sigit Widodo, one of the slain students shot by
security personnel during an antigovernment protest near the
Semanggi cloverleaf in November last year.

Organizers said that the events would include a photo and arts
exhibition, panel discussions, poem readings, musical
performances and a presentation of documentary films on the
student movement.

Renowned musician Harry Roesli is scheduled to perform on
Wednesday evening while noted writer Seno Gumira Ajidarma, human
rights activist Karlina Leksono and talk show host Wimar Witoelar
are scheduled to attend a series of discussions on the student
movement on Thursday and Friday.

Organizers said leading student groups such as the
Communication Forum of Jakarta Student Senates (FKSMJ), the City
Forum (Forkot), the Students Action Front for Reform and
Democracy (FAMRED) and the Indonesian Muslim Students Front
(KAMMI) would be participants in the discussions.

Organizers said that at least 19 students were killed and
hundreds more injured during student protests in the last two
years. (byg)