Bogor – Dozens of youths, grouped under the nationalist youth group Pemuda Panca Marga, distributed hundreds of pamphlets Saturday to passersby and placed banners around Sempur soccer field and near Kujang Monument after graffiti of the hammer and sickle – the symbols of communism – was seen on several trash cans.

In the pamphlets the group asked Bogor residents to watch out for a revival of communist ideology. They were asked to immediately report to the police or the military any signs of communist-related activities.

The group's deputy coordinator M. Hafids said his group wanted to "protect Bogor from communists and remind people not too to be swayed by this movement."

The graffiti, found on April 17, had raised concerns among officials, police and the local military, prompting them to renew a vow to rid Bogor of the underground communist movement.

"The Unitary Republic of Indonesia is a fixed price and we declare war against communists," Hafids said.

The group also called on the police, military and local administration to conduct sweeping operations to root out books with communist leanings, he added. "We will give them three days to do so and if they don't, we will raid the bookstores ourselves and destroy such books," he said.