Students protest harsh security

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Hundreds of students at North Sumatra University (USU) staged a protest on Friday in front of the USU rector's office, demanding that the rector punish two university police officers who, earlier in the morning, assaulted two students.

The two students, Thoyib and Hendrikson Purba, were hit by the policemen as they were having refreshments in a canteen near the Agriculture Department in the university on Friday morning.

John Tafbu Ritongan, the deputy rector for student affairs, said that his office was investigating the case, and if the officers were found guilty, they would be punished accordingly. -- JP