Probe urged into assault

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Deputy chief editor of local daily Berita Sore Teruna Jasa Said urged the police on Sunday to investigate an alleged assault on one of his journalists by a security guard and students of Nomensen University.

"Police should arrest the students and security guards on charges of battery," Teruna said as quoted by Antara.

The daily journalist, A. Nixon, was beaten while taking pictures of a rally on the campus of the private university on Saturday. He said he showed his press card, but his assailants ignored it. His camera was seized during the incident.

Nixon was admitted to the hospital.

Teruna said the university rector should be held responsible for the assault, adding that he would report to the university's superintendent in Germany about the case.

The daily also filed complaints with the government-sanctioned Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) and the Association of Independent Journalists (AJI).