PUI campaigner left in the cold

Wed, 26 May 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

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)

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