Jakarta – Hundreds rioted against a local leader on an eastern Indonesian island on Monday, as sporadic violence hit the country for the second day, news reports said yesterday. The official Antara news agency said about 1,500 people went on a rampage on the island of Ternate in eastern Indonesia after demanding the ouster of District Regent Abdullah Assagaf, who they accused of corruption.

Riots also erupted in Blora in Central Java after police opened fire on a group looting a timber warehouse, killing a man and injuring two others, news reports said yesterday. These riots in small towns follow those that shook Jakarta in mid-May.