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Members of the hard-line Islam Defender Front (FPI) tried to force their way into the Australian Embassy compound on Jl
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M
embers of the hard-line Islam Defender Front (FPI) tried to force their way into the Australian Embassy compound on Jl. Rasuna Said in South Jakarta on Friday as bilateral relationships between Indonesia and Australia turned sour after reports that Australia allegedly wiretapped the phones of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono in 2009.
Around 500 police personnel were seen trying to prevent hundreds of the protesters from approaching the embassy gate.
The protesters demand Australia apologizes to the Indonesian people for the alleged tapping.
They arrived in front of the Embassy after the afternoon Friday prayer in buses and vans.
Aside from burning a replica Australian flag, the protesters were also seen pelting rotten eggs at the embassy building.
The FPI are notorious for their violent approach in clamping down activities it deemed "sinful". They often ransacked bars, café's and clubs for selling alcoholic beverages.
