PUI campaigner left in the cold

JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of people attending the Islamic Community Party (PUI) rally in North Jakarta ran for safety, leaving campaigner Zhulhasby in alone, when hundreds of rival party supporters streamed in for their own campaign.

Zhulhasby saw no more PUI supporters and stopped his speech when the noisy banner-waving United Development Party (PPP) crowd glared at him.

The incident happened because PUI and PPP were both scheduled to use the Sukapura soccer field, although at different hours. The noisy crew arrived at around 12 p.m., an hour ahead of PPP's scheduled rally.

About 70 people attended the PUI rally. (ind)