Muslim students blockade McDonald's

Muslim students blockade McDonald's

PEKANBARU, Riau: A number of students from the Riau chapter of
the Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) sealed off
and closed down a McDonald's restaurant on Wednesday in their
protest of what they perceived as the United States'
"intervention" in other countries' internal affairs.

Despite a large police presence, the students were able to
blockade the building as a way of boycotting U.S. products.

The students also expressed disappointment with President
Megawati Soekarnoputri's administration which they said was too
slow in responding to the U.S.'s proposal to disarm Iraqi
dictator Saddam Hussein.

During the rally, the students distributed thousands of copies
of a circular, calling for a total boycott of all U.S. products
and companies in Indonesia, such as AOL Time Warner, Coca Cola,
Pepsi Cola, Nike, McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Dunkin'
Donuts. It was not clear if any legal action would be taken
against the Muslim student group. --Antara