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Jakarta Police to safeguard FPI rally
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Fanatics -- Hundreds of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) members stage a rally in front of the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta on Jan. 16.
(Antara/Reno Esnir)
The Jakarta Police have deployed personnel to safeguard a rally involving Islam Defenders Front (FPI) protesters on Monday.
"We will follow the protesters from their meeting point at the Al Azhar Mosque to the headquarters of the Jakarta Police," Jakarta Police traffic chief Sr. Comr. Ermayudi said as quoted by kompas.com on Monday.
Ermayudi said the police had stationed at least 500 traffic police along the route of the rally to help ease traffic.
"The protesters will be directed to march via Jl. Raden Patah to the Kemenpan t-junction and then turn left to Jl. Jend. Sudirman," Ermayudi said.
According to Ermayudi, the traffic police will temporarily close down the slow lane on Jl. Jend. Sudirman for the protesters.
The protesters are holding the rally to protest the questioning of their leader Rizieq Shihab regarding the latter's allegedly slanderous statements.
Rizieq was reported to the Jakarta Police by the anti-slander young intellectuals network (Jimaf) in relation to alleged comments he made about Indonesia’s new banknotes. Rizieq allegedly said the banknotes featured a symbol that resembled the logo of the now defunct Indonesian Communist Party. (dmr)
