Issue: FPI files report over hostile welcome

Feb. 13, Online

The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) has filed a report to the National Police headquarters about the negative sentiment expressed by the Palangkaraya community in Kalimantan about their presence in the area.

The FPI accused five men: Central Kalimantan governor Agustin Teras Narang, Agustin’s relative Lukas Tingkes, local youth figure Yansen Binti and Sabran Sukron, as those behind the local community’s protest on Monday against the FPI’s move to open a new regional headquarters in the area.

The FPI said the protest was organized to cover up local crimes.

“The masses have threatened to kill us here while at the same place they have burned down a stage that was provided for us by those who invited us,” Munarman from the FPI told The Jakarta Post on Monday.

Your comments:

Well done to the Dayak people. At least you have the guts to stand up to the FPI.
Colin Anderson
Denpasar

Violent behavior is not in the identity of Indonesia. You’re against the majority, not the minority anymore.
Reza
Jakarta

Everyone in Indonesia should stand up and protect their rights and freedoms.
Shafieq Sabbah
Jakarta

The FPI needs to learn from some very recent Indonesian history.
Adrian Donati
Darwin

I support freedom of expression. What happened in Palangkaraya is against freedom of expression. However, the FPI is known for its violent and discriminative behavior.

Who is there to guarantee that they will not run amok once they establish an office, as they have in just about every other place they exist?

Besides, why would the FPI provide “assistance to a group of locals whose indigenous land had been seized by private companies”?
Christine Pan
Jakarta

I hope that the Central Kalimantan Police pursue this complaint filed by the hard-liners to ensure that they have their civil rights. Perhaps a good example set by law enforcement will inspire the West Java Police to protect the GKI Yasmin congregation in Bogor from continued harassment from thugs and intolerant bullies.
Zukilfi
Jakarta

We support the FPI’s struggle. We are not afraid of anyone but God.
Agokye
Jakarta

It surprised me that only the Dayak people dare to stand against the FPI. They should be followed by other Indonesians in standing up to the FPI. Well done, brothers. It is a precedent that the FPI is not
untouchable.
Waneng Kirtyo
Brierley Hill

The FPI should know that they are not welcome there.
Gregory Fence
Karawang, West Java

Thank you for helping save the Republic of Indonesia, my Dayak brothers.
Tami Koestomo
Bogor, West Java