NU activists on hunger strike

SEMARANG: Nine Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) activists went on a hunger strike here on Tuesday to protest the General Elections Commission (KPU) for disqualifying former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid from the July 5 presidential election on medical grounds.

The strike, held outside the Central Java regional KPU office, was held to pressure the commission to annul its decision.

The protesters argued that the disqualification discriminated against citizens with disabilities, like the nearly blind Gus Dur. -- JP