Police probe funny leaflets

Police probe funny leaflets

SEMARANG, Central Java: Police are investigating the
Proklamasi III leaflets, which contain mockeries of the
government and have been widely circulated.

The leaflets, many of which have been seized by the
authorities, twist the wording of the historic 1928 pledge by
youths from various islands to unite and found an independent
Indonesia as well as the 1945 proclamation of independence.

A paragraph in the leaflet reads: "We are Indonesian youths.
Hereby we question the meaning of the Proclamation. Matters
concerning foreign debt and corruption shall be settled properly
and promptly."

Police in Surakarta and Sukoharjo, where the leaflets have
been found, are trying to find out who printed and illicitly
distributed the leaflets. (har)