Aulia Andri/GB, Jakarta – Around 500 members of the notorious Ka'bah Youth Movement (GPK) snuck in through the back gate at the parliament and staged a demonstration demanding the House fully investigate the Buloggate-Bruneigate scandals. All were replete in their military style uniforms and the women and girls present also wore jilbabs.

The group arrived at noon local time Tuesday in 20 Metro Mini buses. They caught security guards stationed at the front of the parliament complex by surprise. All demonstrations are supposed to enter from the front and be inspected by the guards. After some negotiation, they were allowed to proceed to the large field at the complex.

As so many other groups before them over previous days, they asked the special committee formed by the House of Representatives to investigate the Buloggate-Bruneigate scandals fully. President Abdurrahman Wahid is implicated in the cases which involve the misappropriation of state funds. Such 'pro- special committee' demonstrations are thus tantamount to anti- Wahid demonstrations. All demonstrators wore the group's trademark fatigues with beret.

The GPK is affiliated to the United Development Party (PPP), a remnant of the regime of former president Suharto formed when Islamic parties were forcibly amalgamated 28 years ago. The 'Ka'bah' in the group's name is the black monolith located in Mecca to which Muslims world wide pray. The Ka'bah is also the symbol of the PPP.

While the party is old, the GPK is a new wing concentrated on Java which tends to take an active role in 'ensuring' that Islamic morality is upheld. However, GPK members who stormed a conference on HIV/AIDS in