Police identify six men arrested in Friday clash

Police identify six men arrested in Friday clash

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis
said on Sunday that three students and three unemployed men were
arrested for possession of Molotov cocktails and rocks in clashes
between the police and students in Central Jakarta on Friday.

"I don't know if they are still being held by the police,"
Zainuri told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.

He identified the students as Mixil, a sixth semester student
of the Syariah Islamic law division of the State Institute of
Islamic Studies (IAIN), and a member of City Forum (Forkot); Edi
Cahyono, a second semester management student of Bung Karno
University; and Mahrizal, an industrial engineering student of
Mpu Tantular University.

The unemployed men were identified as Chandra Kirana, Aan
Maulana and Joko Wibowo.

Hundreds of university students took part in a commemoration
of the May 12, 1998 fatal shooting of four Trisakti University
students. They clashed with security personnel while rallying
near the residence of former president Soeharto on Friday
evening.

Witnesses and police said at least 15 people, consisting of
three journalists, two students and 10 policemen, suffered head
injuries from rocks thrown during the clash.

Most of the protesters, who were demanding that Soeharto be
held accountable for alleged wrongdoing and human rights
violations, including the May 12 incident, were members of Forkot
and students from several universities, including Bung Karno
University and Muhammadiyah University,

Zainuri said two police posts were set on fire by the
students. (ylt)