Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Three groups in South Sulawesi staged protests on Tuesday to support the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) following the arrest of its two deputies by the police.

The Makassar Islamic Students Association-Organization Salvation Assembly (HMI-MPO), the Indonesian Catholic Students Association (PMKRI), and the Love Indonesia Love KPK (Cicak) were the groups that held the demonstration.

They demanded the National Police release the two KPK deputy chairmen, Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah, from jail; urged the fact-finding team to remain independent; and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to act firmly in the anticorruption drive.