Students demand peaceful solution

Tue, 15 Mar 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

YOGYAKARTA: Hundreds of students in Yogyakarta staged a protest
on Monday calling on Indonesia and Malaysia to practice self-
restraint and avoid war in their diplomatic row over the Ambalat
oil blocks.

The student protesters said that war was not an option as it
would only bring suffering to the people of both countries. They
also called on people not to be easily provoked by the situation
or to do anything to heighten tensions.

However, another group of protesters calling themselves the
"Defend the Nation Command" held a protest in front of the
Yogyakarta provincial council building demanding that the
government and the Indonesian military (TNI) take tough action
against anyone "threatening the sovereignty of the Unitary
Republic of Indonesia". -- JP

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