Tanjung Priok bloody incident commemorated

Tanjung Priok bloody incident commemorated

JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of Tanjung Priok residents joined on
Thursday the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 12, 1984, bloody
incident in the area.

No clashes occurred during the commemoration, which began with
a lecture and followed with a rally to North Jakarta Police
Headquarters.

More than 500 police and military personnel were deployed to
help secure the procession.

After arriving in front of the police precinct, some of the
younger participants burned a fiberglass replica of Gen. (ret.)
L.B. Moerdani, who they said was responsible for the incident,
which left at least 18 killed, 53 wounded and 412 people missing.
(bsr)