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Sape Demonstrations in Several Cities Lead to Clashes, Arrests

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Hangga Brata & Fitri | December 27, 2011

Protests against police brutality in Sape on Sumbawa Island over the weekend continued in several cities on Tuesday, with some of them leading to clashes with police.

In Sukoharjo, Central Java, dozens of students clashed with police as they tried to take a civil servant hostage.

The demonstrators, from Muhammadiyah University, attacked police after the law enforcers tried to prevent the protestors from forcing a civil servant out of an office car that the students had halted at a road block they had set up. The attack was sparked after one of the police officers hit a student in the tussle.

Police then forcefully disbanded the protesters and arrested 15 of the students, according to one of the student leaders, Heri. Read more…