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Five hospitalised after police-punk clash

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Detik - October 15, 2000

Ulfie MS dan Swastika/GB, Jakarta – Violence erupted Saturday night near Ratu Plaza on Jl Moestopo, South Jakarta, in what is normally a busy and up-market shopping district when punks hanging out in the area clashed with a truck-load of Mobile Brigade police troops.

The punks had gathered from Jabotabek, Sukabumi and other areas to attend an underground music concert at Moestopo University not far from the shopping district. With over 500 mangy youths on their doorstep, the management of the Plaza Senayan near Ratu Plaza apparently called in the troops.

The truckload of officers arrived on the scene and attempted to clear the area but were harassed by the youths. The police became aggressive and chased the youths into surrounding residential areas. The attacks by the police then apparently enraged local residents in the pooer areas, or kampungs, who joined the punks in turning on the police.

Five people were injured on suffering a cracked skull as the police, punks and their supporters clashed on the streets and in the alleyways. By 3am Sunday the streets around the shopping district were quiet once again.

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