FPI-S members flock to Jakarta

FPI-S members flock to Jakarta

JAKARTA: Between 450 and 500 anti-U.S. protesters from
Yogyakarta and Surakarta, Central Java, arrived at Senen railway
station in Central Jakarta on Saturday night.

Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam, spokesman of the city police,
told The Jakarta Post that at least 17 people had been arrested
for carrying explosives or weapons, including knives and
slingshots.

Most of the visitors were reportedly from the Surakarta Youth
Islamic Front (FPI-S).

"Many of them wore T-shirts with the word "Hisbullah" on the
back and also wore a black headband," an eyewitness said.

About 350 police officers were deployed at the station.

City police chief Insp. Gen. Sofjan Jacoeb, his deputy Brig.
Gen. Makbul Padmanegara and the outgoing chief of police
detectives Sr. Comr. Adang Rochjana were also present. --JP