NGO protests civilian attack

NGO protests civilian attack

YOGYAKARTA (JP): Yogyakarta's Non-Governmental Organizations'
(NGO) Forum strongly condemned an attack by a group of civilians
on students protesting militarism in front of the Yogyakarta
studios of state-owned radio station RRI on Thursday.

In its written statement made available to the media, the
Forum, consisting of 74 NGOs, said that the incident indicated
that civilians had now became the 'vehicle of violence'.

A group of people garbed in black and wielding offensive
weapons attacked the student protesters, leaving two students
injured.

"It is not the first time that civilians have attacked student
protesters in Yogyakarta. Nothing has been done to deal with
this, however," the statement, signed by Martinus Ujianto and
Damar Dwi Nugroho, said.

"We, therefore, demand that the Yogyakarta Provincial Police
conduct a thorough probe into the incident and take the
assailants to the court." the statement added. (swa)