Nivell Rayda – Despite the release of two antigraft deputy commissioners from police detention, students from various universities persevered with their hunger strikes in support of the body.

Camped out in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)'s headquarters in South Jakarta, the students, who have their mouths taped shut, passed their third day on hunger strike on Wednesday.

Immediately after their release on Tuesday, Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M Hamzah visited the students and urged them to end their strike.

The students, who jubilantly welcomed the two suspended commissioners, said they would continue with their fast until the charges against Bibit and Chandra were withdrawn.

"We won't stop until the case is dropped, Bibit and Chandra's good names fully restored and the National Police chief [Bambang Hendarso Danuri] and attorney general [Hendarman Supandji] step down from their positions," said Hendry, a student from East Java's Sebelas Maret University.

The condition of the students is continuing to deteriorate, with several of them passing in and out of consciousness.