Madiun – Some 4,000 supporters of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid hit the streets in East Java on Sunday, resuming protests against efforts to oust the beleaguered Muslim cleric.

Packed into trucks, the protesters drove around the town of Madiun shouting slogans in support of Wahid before gathering for a mass prayer.

"There are around 4,000 people here and the praying has just started," said Sujarno, head of Madiun's field operation unit. There were no reports of any violence. Madiun lies about 575 km east of Jakarta.

Police and the civilian youth militia of a major religious organisation once headed by Wahid had cordoned off the Madiun office of the rival Golkar party, which has borne the brunt of pro-Wahid street protests this month.