Bandung – Hundreds of students from various organizations staged a demonstration on Friday afternoon in front of the Domestic Administration College (STPDN) in Jatinagor, Sumedang district, West Java, where President Megawati Soekarnoputri attended a student inaugural ceremony.

It was reported that the demonstration started at 1:30 pm and proceeded peacefully. But, when two helicopters at 3:15 pm carrying the president and entourage landed on a campus helipad, the students became enraged as police stepped up security precautions.