Leftist speeches for students

Leftist speeches for students

JOMBANG, East Java: The military has given recordings of
Democratic People's Party (PRD) leaders' speeches to students of
Tebuireng Islamic boarding school to prove that the leftist group
is communist.

Chief of the Armed Forces' Sociopolitical Affairs Lt. Gen.
Syarwan Hamid gave the cassette of the speeches by Budiman
Sudjatmiko and Dita Indah Sari to school master Yusuf Hasyim
Sunday.

Syarwan said the cassette is clear evidence that the political
activists were disseminating communism and undermining the
legitimate government, Antara reported.

Together with Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher,
local Brawijaya army chief Brig. Gen. Muchdi PR and numerous
local Moslem leaders, Syarwan was attending a ceremony in
remembrance of the rebellions of the defunct Indonesian Communist
Party in 1948 and 1965.

Sept. 30 is a day of national mourning as the country observes
the aborted coup attempt by the Indonesian Communist Party.

The government has accused PRD activists of inciting the July
27 riots in Jakarta. Sudjatmiko and other top PRD leaders have
been arrested and face subversion charges for their alleged part
in the unrest. (pan)