Student activists to be tried

Student activists to be tried

BOGOR, West Java: Seven young activists accused of masterminding a massive worker protest in July will soon be tried, as the police have completed the dossier on them.

Antara quoted Bogor police chief Col. Sjachroedin ZP as saying yesterday that police found DS, a student of the University of Indonesia in Depok, to be behind the protest involving six thousands workers of the garment factories belonging to PT Great River Industries.

The workers took to the street to demand improvement to their welfare.

The other suspects were members of an organization called the Student Solidarity for Indonesian Labor. They were identified only as Meg, Can, Us, An, HS and Ramli.

Sjachroedin said the police took a relatively long time in preparing the dossier because the suspects, who have not been detained, often ignored police summons.

"If DS doesn't show up within the next one or two days, we will bring him down the police station by force, and we are going to do it with the cooperation of the university," he said. (swe)