Jakarta – Four hunger-strikers seeking adequate compensation for their properties acquired by the government for a transmission line project received a dead chicken and a threatening note Thursday.

The chicken carcass and letter were wrapped in a plastic bag and found in front of compound where they were protesting in Central Jakarta, witnesses said.

Inside the package was a written threat to the hunger strikers to stop their protest. The contents of the note has not been made public.

The incident happened a day after sympathetic activists sent letters to 56 foreign embassies requesting help for the hunger strikers.

The two men and two women began their hunger strike on Dec. 27. They are demanding more compensation for their land or relocation by the government and have sewn their mouths up in protest.