Muchus Budi Rahayu/BI, Surakarta – Four hundreds supporters of Muslim Youth Front (FPI-S), from Surakarta, Central Java, staged a protest, Friday, to demand the abolishment of National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and the Jakarta Chief of Police to step down. They consider the Commission and the Chief of Police unable to deal with the problems of Aceh, Ambon, and, primarily, Tanjung Priok, properly.

The protest began in the grounds of the Great Mosque in Surakarta, and was followed by a march to Surakarta Military Command Post. Along the way they shouted and yelled messages to oppose any external intervention in order to end the clashes and ethnic disputes in Ambon and Aceh.

FPI-S also demanded the government to immediately resolve the Tanjung Priok case. As the protestors had progressed to the Military Command Post along Slamet Riyadi street, the group had created a major traffic jam as this street is the major arterial route.

A leader from the group M. Taufig told Detik the protest action is the initial effort by the group to force the Commission and the Police Chief to properly deal with cases mentioned above.

"We will continue to oppose any foreign intervention, whether it's from the UN, United States or Australia to be involve with the problem in Aceh and Ambon. We are also demanding [the authority] to resolve the slaying case at Tanjung Priok and the shooting of Front for the Defense of Islam (FPI) members by the military. If they can't, then abolished the Commission and tell the Chief of Police to step down", countered Taufiq.

According to Taufiq, next Tuesday their representatives will leave for Jakarta to meet with official from the Commission, the Attorney General and the representatives to resolve the problem in Ambon and Aceh.