Jakarta – About 200 students grouped in the loose student alliance City Forum (Forkot) protested on Thursday the government's decision to increase fuel prices.

The group blockaded Jl. Diponegoro in Central Jakarta near the Megaria area during afternoon peak hours, creating heavy traffic congestion in the area.

Besides staging protesting the price hike, the students also demanded that Golkar, country's second largest political party and a symbol of New Order regime, be dissolved.

The students waved banners and held up posters reading: "Reject the fuel price hike" and "Ban the Golkar Party".

Central Jakarta Police deputy chief Sr. Comr. Iza Fadri along with security personnel asked the students to disperse peacefully, and sometime later they eventually disbanded while singing: "We'll be back tomorrow." The traffic in the Salemba and Diponegoro area had reportedly returned to normal by 8:15 p.m.

Similar protests were also staged in cities such as Bandung, the capital of West Java, and Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi.