PDI-P members stage violent rally

INDRAMAYU, West Java: Hundreds of local supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) burned party flags and tore down other party paraphernalia from the street in a protest against local leaders on Thursday.

The protest started at around 10:30 a.m. outside the PDI-P Indramayu office and became violent as protesters tore down the sign on the office and began removing party flags and banners.

The protesters, who came from local PDI-P branches, set the party paraphernalia on fire in a show of anger at the PDI-P Indramayu executive board's selection of legislative candidates.

They accused the board members of putting their own interests first in drawing up the candidacy list. -- JP