Central Kalimantan – The Central Kalimantan administration announced Wednesday that it issued a letter, rejecting the presence of hard-liner group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in the province.

The administration sent the letter to Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto on Tuesday.

Central Kalimantan Deputy Governor Achmad Diran said that the administration also sent the letter to the President, the People's Consultative Assembly Speaker, the House of Representatives Speaker, the Constitutional Court Chief, the Home Affairs Minister and the National Police Chief.

"The letter says that we firmly reject the FPI and won't let FPI establish its chapter in the province because it contradicts the Dayak tribe's local wisdom, which upholds peace," he said as quoted by tempo.co.

The letter was sent following several events involving the FPI, including an incident at the Central Kalimantan representative office in Jakarta last week.

Diran said that the rejection of the FPI in Central Kalimantan was a collective stance, therefore, the administration decided to take further action by issuing an official statement. "The letter was a result of discussions involving representatives of local mass organizations and residents," he said. (swd)