Students seal Fuad's home

JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of students grouped under the Jakarta Student Front (BMJ) "sealed" the home of former finance minister and director general of taxes Fuad Bawazier on Jl. Banyumas No. 4 in the Menteng area of Central Jakarta on Monday.

"On behalf of the people, we seal this house today as it was obtained through corruption," read a banner that was attached to the mansion's front gate.

The students accused Fuad, who briefly served as the finance minister under the 16-month administration of B.J. Habibie, of joining the nationwide bandwagon clamoring for good governance in a bid to conceal his past corruption.

"We realize now that your money and your assistance have ensnared the student movement into serving your own interests," the students shouted.

The students came from, among others, Bung Karno University, Mercu Buana University and Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University.

Arriving on three buses, the students held their rally peacefully under the watchful eye of the police.

They said they would next target the houses of former government officials they claimed to be big time corruptors. Their list included the former minister of mines and energy Ginandjar Kartasasmita, a suspect in a marked-up power plant construction project. (bby)