Kereng Pangi – Unrest broke out in Kereng Pangi, Katingan Hilir district, Kotawaringin Timur regency, Central Kalimantan on Saturday, leaving two migrants in critical condition.

Antara reported that some 100 Dayak ethnics attacked the houses of migrants at Kereng Pangi, some 100 kilometers from the Central Kalimantan capital of Palangkaraya, early Saturday morning.

The attackers burned some 20 houses belonging to migrants, two cars and a motorcycle. They destroyed several stores and stalls belonging to migrants at the Kereng Pangi market and looted the merchandise. They also managed to burn down four karaoke halls.

The attack on the migrants was allegedly triggered by a brawl on Friday night between three migrants and a Dayak man named Sendong, 36, at a prostitution complex, 19 kilometers from Kereng Pangi. Sendong was killed in the brawl.

Central Kalimantan Deputy Governor Nashon Taway, accompanied by three leading Dayak figures M. Usop, Sabran Ahmad and Simal Penyang, went to the site to calm the angry residents.

Imil, who led the attack, said the residents were angry over the unsolved murder cases of the Dayak people. "We [Dayaks] can no longer be patient because the police have yet to arrest the suspects of these murders," he said.

Central Kalimantan Deputy Police chief Sr. Supt. Moh. Djatmiko said he had deployed two companies of police officers to prevent another brawl. "We have identified the three men who had killed Sendong and the police are trying to track them down," he said.