SMID students hide to avoid capture

SMID students hide to avoid capture

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Two students who are said to be
"political activists" of the Indonesian Students' Solidarity for
Democracy (SMID) movement from Diponegoro University left their
field research work after discovering they were being pursued by
the police.

Francisca, 21, and Wirayanti, 20, students at the School of
Social Sciences, went missing from Tirto village in the
Purwokerto regency early this month. They were part of a group of
students conducting research to meet the mandatory Kuliah Kerja
Nyata (field work) program.

The military district in Pekalongan has confirmed that
officers had attempted to pursue the two students last week but
found that they had already disappeared.

SMID has been identified as part of the tiny youth
organization, the Democratic People's Party, held responsible for
inciting the July 27 riots. (wah/mds)