Police detained 11 out of 40 Indonesian Muslim Student Action Front (KAMMI) activists on Sunday as they were to stage a rally against President Megawati Soekarnoputri's visit to the East Java provincial capital. Antara reported that the students were stopped by police in the vicinity of Tugu Pahlawan (Heroes Monument) square where President Megawati was to hold an unofficial gathering with some 1,000 leaders from throughout the province. They were later taken aboard a truck to the office of the Surabaya City Police for questioning. The students reject Megawati's visit because she has betrayed the reform movement, chief of the Surabaya branch of KAMMI Agus Wahyudianto said. "We want to give the message that Surabaya students reject Megawati because she is not a reformist leader. She has betrayed the reform movement and thus, she must step down as president," he said.
| I'm not sure if she's betrayed the "reform movement" or if she's been juggling competing demands, all shouted in a loud voice, while dodging brickbats... |
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