Jakarta – With six days to go before the arrival of US President George W. Bush in Indonesia, protests against his 10-hour visit reached a new volume across the country Tuesday.

Demonstrators of various political stripes attended small but noisy rallies in Bogor and Garut, both in West Java, Semarang in Central Java, Jember in East Java, Mataram in West Nusa Tenggara and Kendari in Northeast Sulawesi.

In Bogor, the city south of Jakarta where Bush is to have talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a group of protesters denounced Bush, calling him "the manifestation of neo-imperialist power".

The group also condemned the security arrangements for the meeting, which will prevent hundreds of city residents from doing their jobs or going to school.

A separate Bogor group, calling itself the Muslim Forum, said it would hold a no-confidence motion against the Yudhoyono administration for receiving Bush. They claimed that a number of Muslim figured had signed a petition against the visit, which would be delivered to Yudhoyono on Nov. 19. They also said they planned to stage a bigger rally at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta.

In Semarang, dozens of students from the Indonesian Muslim Action Front burned an effigy of Bush, whom they described as "the oppressor of Muslims around the world".

They said the Indonesian government should reject Bush's attempt to visit the world's largest Muslim country to show solidarity with the millions of Muslims around the globe who had fallen victim to America's foreign policy.

In Mataram, police arrested a Muhammadiyah University student for distributing flyers opposing the visit. The student, Ibnu Hajar, was released after a being held for a short period at a local police station.

Police in Surabaya, East Java, said they would deploy more personnel to guard the border with Central Java to prevent protesters from traveling to Jakarta.

East Java Police deputy chief Brig. Gen. Sunaryono was quoted by Antara as saying that efforts would be made to prevent protesters from leaving the province. "They had better stage protests in their towns and only send delegates to Jakarta," he said.

Also in Surabaya, the chairman of the country's second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, criticized Yudhoyono for the arrangements made for the visit. "SBY gives Bush too many privileges by receiving him at the Bogor Palace and not at the Presidential Palace just like any other head of state," Din Syamsuddin told Antara.

In Jayapura, Papua, former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid said anti-Bush protesters could not claim to represent the country's Muslims. "They dare to protest on the behalf of Muslims in the country, while the majority (of people) don't mind the visit," he said.