Students stage rally at AGO

Students stage rally at AGO

JAKARTA: About 200 students from the University of Indonesia
(UI) and Muhammadiyah University staged a rally on Tuesday at the
Attorney General's Office in South Jakarta, urging the office to
bring corruptors to court.

Some students were seen carrying posters saying "Eradicate
corruptors and human rights violators (Akbar Tandjung)",
"Dissolve the Attorney General's Office if it lacks the courage
to eradicate corruption" and "Put corruptors on trial."

The students also called on the office to be more serious in
handling corruption cases. They also urged Attorney General MA
Rachman to resign should he not succeed to eradicate corruption
nationwide.

During the rally, the students expressed their disappointment
at the government's decision to increase fuel prices, electricity
and telephone rates.

Later in the afternoon, 50 students went to the House of
Representatives to convey their demands. The rally lasted only
ten minutes before they returned to UI campus on Jl. Salemba.
They promised to stage another protest on Thursday. -- JP