Students beat up Makassar policeman

Students beat up Makassar policeman

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: A group of students, believed to be
members of the local branch of the Association of Muslim Students
(HMI), mobbed a policeman on Wednesday in front of their
headquarters on Jl. Bontolempangan.

This is the second incident since the HMI office was ransacked
on Monday resulting in three HMI students being injured.

Wednesday's incident began when the students started
distributing pamphlets in front of their office to protest at
Monday's incident when Sgt. Haryanto passed by.

He was immediately confronted by the students and a brawl soon
erupted.

Luckily several HMI executives saw the incident and quickly
stopped the attack on Haryanto who is currently being treated in
the emergency ward of Bhayangkara Hospital.

Makassar Police chief Comm. Muhammad Amin Saleh regretted the
incident and said police would question those responsible.

Tensions have been high since Monday when the HMI headquarters
was attacked after police entered the group's premises to chase
several men who were involved in a separate fight.

Police have maintained that they had not injured the
students.(27)