Detik.com
- May 18, 2009
Nograhany
Widhi K., Jakarta – On Monday May 18, 10 separate demonstrations will ‘besiege’
Jakarta. Five of the demonstrations will be held at the Hotel Indonesia
roundabout in Central Jakarta at 9am, so pay close attention to your route so
as not to get caught in traffic.
Based upon
information from the Metro Jaya Regional Police Traffic Management Centre, five
different groups will be protesting at Hotel Indonesia, namely the Social Forum
for Saving State Assets, the State Assets Forum of Concern, the Association of
Javanese Families, the United Betawi (native Jakartans) for Progress and the
Banten Residents State Asset Observers.
Still in the
Central Jakarta area, Greenpeace East Asia Indonesia will be holding a
demonstration in front of the State Palace on Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur at 9am.
Also on Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur, workers from the company CV Jaya Abadi will
hold a protest in front of the Supreme Court building at 10am.
In the North
Jakarta area meanwhile, the Association of Victims of the Papanggo Forced
Evictions and the Legal Aid Institute will hold a demonstration in front of the
North Jakarta District Court on Jl. Danau Sunter Raya at 9am.
Then at
10am, protesters from the PT Kodja Bahari Shipping and Dockworkers Trade Union
will ‘descend en masse’ on the North Jakarta office for Labour and
Transmigration.
In South
Jakarta meanwhile, the Greater Depok Coalition of Non-Government Organisations
will be holding a protest action in front of the police headquarters on Jl.
Trunojoyo at 11am. (nwk/nwk)
[Translated
by James Balowski.]
