Three injured in student brawl

Sat, 03 Feb 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): At least three students were injured in a Friday
night brawl between University of Indonesia (UI) activists
supporting the House's special committee investigating two
financial scandals involving the President.

The fight broke out when a group of UI Senate Executive Boards
(BEM-UI) activists prevented two students who claimed to
represent the Student Action Front (FAM) from erecting a tent at
the university campus in Salemba, Central Jakarta.

Yulianto and Rusli were beaten up in the one-sided brawl and
were admitted to nearby Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital due
to head wounds. One of BEM-UI students identified as Aprilianto
suffered a minor injury.

A BEM-UI activist told The Jakarta Post the fight was
predictable as tension had risen when FAM activists spread out
pamphlets accusing BEM-UI of breaching the reform movement a few
days ago. (ylt)

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