Jakarta – Indonesian police and troops arrested at least 100 workers and student activists after a four-day sit-in at the headquarters of the workers' former employer, a snack food producer.

Sonny Warsito, a lawyer for the workers, said his clients want wage increases and rejected their dismissal from the Mayora Indah Lt. Corp.

Labor Minister Fahmi Idris has said that the company should reinstate 1,361 workers and pay back wages. They were fired more than two months ago.

Warsito said police arrested the workers because they protested without permission. Some of those arrested wept and wailed as they were carried to military trucks.

In other protests, a small group of supporters of the ruling Golkar Party protested outside the General Election Commission against the slow vote count from Monday's democratic election. Opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri was leading in early returns.

Several dozen students rallied outside a hotel where the vote is being tallied to demand independence for Aceh province, where Islamic separatist guerrillas operate.