What's wrong with ladies' protest?

I have no idea what's happening to this country. What is wrong with ladies distributing flowers, staging a peaceful protest over soaring prices of milk? Is it right to take them to police headquarters and investigate them like criminals?

They did the thing that we, the mothers in this country, wanted to do but were reluctant or afraid to do so. The prices of milk products are rising. It's no joke. We cannot just tell our children to stop drinking milk.

Those women only represented us, calling on the government to listen to our concerns. Stop the stupid investigation and all the harassment. There are other more important and serious problems that call for immediate attention.

IED V. SITEPU-SIMATUPANG

Jakarta