Students report to military police

Students report to military police

MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): About 100 students of the Medan
Institute of Technology (ITM) reported to the military police on
Tuesday the arrest of four of their colleagues by police the day
before.

On Monday 11 students grouped in the Medan Students Solidarity
Forum (Forsolima) planned to visit 12 workers of PT Latexindo
Toba Perkasa detained at the Medan police headquarters. The
workers' earlier protest had resulted in several being injured
when the authorities opened fire.

However Forsolima secretary-general Kadri Alrijal told The
Jakarta Post that they were beaten by the police when they
arrived. A camera was seized and four were arrested, including
Kadri, a student at North Sumatra Moslem University (UISU). The
others were from ITM -- Sahat Simatupang, Misbahudin and Ahmad
Fauzan.

At the military police office on Jl. Sudirman on Tuesday, the
students demanded the release of the detainees and unfurled
posters, some of which read: "Bring the shooters of the workers
to trial." Medan police have defended their warning shots on the
grounds that the protesting workers had stoned them. (21)