House: Indonesia Should Freeze Pemuda Pancasila and Forum Betawi Rembugs Activities

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Special Committee on the Society Organizations Bill expects the government to freeze the activities of organizations that disturb public order and endanger the safety of people who do not have antyhing to do with them, such as Pemuda Pancasila (PP) and the Forum Betawi Rembug (FBR). PP and FBR Clashes are frequent and disturb the surrounding communities,\" said Chair of the Special Committee Abdul Malik Haramain when contacted by Tempo, Saturday, June 30, 2012.Haramain says the government can collaborate with the Ministry of Interior and Police of the Republic of Indonesia as well as stop funding facilities from the state budget or the regional budget for both organizations. If they continue to instigate riots, says the National Awakening Party politician, the government can dissolve them through court proceeding mechanism.About 50 unidentified men suspected of belonging to PP, rode motorcycles to FBR post at around 00:30 pm Western Indonesian Time,on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, attacking the ten people there. All but one fled to save their lives. Muhidin, chief of FBR Pondok BetungPost 287, stood his ground and was hacked to death.FBR retaliated, amassing about 500 people and conducting a sweeping on a convoy of motorcycles in Bintaro, Pamulang, and Ciputat, South Tangerang City. It ended with the mass turning brutal, damaging the house and setting fire to a car and a motor vehicle belongingto Karnadi, Deputy Chief of DPRD, also leader of Tangerang City Pemuda Pancasila.SUNDARI