DATE=9/23/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=INDONESIA / PROTEST (S)
NUMBER=2-254240
BYLINE=AMY BICKERS
DATELINE=JAKARTA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: Thousands of students clashed with police
in Indonesia Thursday during demonstrations
against a new security law. As Amy Bickers
reports from Jakarta, critics say the law will
increase the military's power.
Text: Thousands of students protested in Jakarta
and Indonesia's second city of Surabaya on
Thursday, after the country's parliament passed a
new security law.
In the capital, police fired warning shots over
the students' heads and using teargas as they
blocked an attempted marches on parliament.
The new law, a watered down version of the
original draft bill, gives greater authority to
the president to declare a state of emergency.
Protestors say it will increase the power of the
military and the government just as Indonesia is
shifting towards an era of democracy.
The government says it revised the bill to meet
most objections and that it was time to update
the country's 40-year old security law. (Signed)
NEB/AB/FC
23-Sep-1999 06:26 AM LOC (23-Sep-1999 1026 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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