Jakarta – Hundreds of students demonstrated outside the South Kalimantan provincial legislative assembly on Tuesday, demanding Governor HM Sjachriel Darham resign for his alleged involvement in corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN), Antara state news agency reported.

The demonstrators came from the Federation of South Kalimantan Peace Reform Movement, the Association of Pancasila Students, the Association of Moslem Youths and the National Committee for Indonesian Youth (KNPI).

They urged provincial police to probe Sjachriel's alleged involvement in KKN and asked him to explain the failure of the Barito river dredging project. The angry protesters said Sjachriel was not fit to lead the province because he had lied publicly.

"Where has the 33 trillion rupiah assistance from Germany gone? Where is the construction of world mosques in miniature? All these are empty promises," a demonstrator said.

Meanwhile, KNPI gave the governor till Aug. 21 to tender his resignation. If after the deadline Sjachriel had not resigned, the committee would mobilize 20,000 people to make sure he did, chairman of the committee's provincial branch, M Hasan, said.