Jakarta – At least five students and one policeman were injured after a clash Monday during a protest in front of the military headquarters in southern Sumatra.

More than 1,000 students from an Islamic colloge took part in the protest in Palembang, 460 kilometers northwest of Jakarta, said Suharyono, a lawyer of the local legal aid foundation. They were demanding the military take responsibility for the beating of two fellow students in a protest last week. No one was arrested, Suharyono said.

In the capital, Jakarta, security personnel pushed away about 100 students protesting near the presidential palace. They were demanding that some of Indonesia's oil profits be returned to their province of Riau on Sumatra Island. "We want President B.J. Habibie to fulfill his promise to return 10% of the money taken from our oil-rich province," said a spokesman for the protesters, who identified himself only as Andi.

Dozens of security personnel pushed away the protesters as they marched from the National Monument northward toward the palace. The protesters then marched about three kilometers to the office of the Legal Aid Foundation.

The protesters, who called their group the Communication Forum of Riau Students, claimed that Habibie, who succeeded autocratic leader Suharto in May, has pledged to share earnings from natural resources between the central government and provincial governments. Many groups have complained that during past decades, natural resources in the provinces have been unfairly exploited by the central government and certain well-connected groups.