Tight security at Trisakti graduation

Tight security at Trisakti graduation

JAKARTA (JP): Hordes of police officers guarded the Jakarta
Convention Center on Saturday during the Trisakti University
graduation ceremony after rumors circulated that technical high-
school students would disrupt the convocation.

Students from a technical high school in Central Jakarta were
rumored to have planned to crash the ceremony in retaliation for
the beating of some of their colleagues by students of the city's
biggest private university earlier this month. The graduation
ceremony proceeded smoothly.

One police officer said they were assigned to guard the
building after the Central Jakarta police precinct received an
anonymous letter stating that hundreds of the technical high
school students would revenge the beatings.

University student Rachmad Chandra was stabbed by a group of
technical high school students on April 17. Hundreds of the
university students then waylaid buses passing the university on
Jl. Kyai Tapa in West Jakarta, thrashing any high school student
on the buses.

Similar clashes occurred at the university's East Jakarta
campus on Jl. Ahmad Yani the following day. The university's
students chased down and beat up several high school students.

University rector Moedanton Moertedjo could not be reached for
comment on Saturday. (04)