Group protests against newspaper

JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of anti-President Abdurrahman Wahid protesters calling themselves the Anti Corruption People's Forum (FRAKSI) visited the Harian Terbit daily evening newspaper office in Pulogadung, East Jakarta, on Friday, to protest an erroneous photo caption displayed on the front page of its Friday edition.

Arriving in several cars, the group protested the photo caption which read: "... a group of Abdurrahman's supporters are praying at the House of Representatives".

The group denied that they supported the President and demanded the newspaper correct the caption in Saturday's edition.

"We have apologized and will make a correction. They lodged their protest in a nonviolent way," Marhendra, an editor at the daily, told The Jakarta Post.

Several police officers were on duty at the office but no incident happened during the group's visit at 9 p.m. (jun/ylt)