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House attracting Facebook scorn, but police lead in unpopularity

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Jakarta Globe - November 12, 2009

National Police are now not alone in facing the wrath of Indonesian Facebook users. A new Facebook page titled "Gerakan Sejuta Facebookers Kecam Komisi 3 DPR RI Yang Mendukung Gerakan Buaya" ("A Milllion Facebookers Critical of House Commission III Which Supported the Crocodile Movement") had attracted more than 38,000 fans by Thursday morning.

The page was created by a man named Arief who wrote that it was an expression of distrust in the House of Representatives (DPR) from the Indonesian people, specifically of their anger with House Commission III. The creator accused the commission of "obviously taking the police's side" during its questioning of the National Police Chief on Thursday Nov. 5, adding that the commission "was unable to translate the voice of the people."

A fan named Chiko Mehdo wrote: "I am shaking my head for the respectable Commission III. You are the people's representatives who no longer have brains and a clear conscience. White collar crime in our country is like a cancer which has spread through all the institutions and offices of the government... It's like the wind, unseen, but we can feel it," said fan Lim Robert.

Oscar Soto wrote: "I am so happy because I didn't vote in the legislative election because I knew (the legislature) was a kind of crocodile too."

Meanwhile, the Facebook page to support Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto, the deputy chairmen of KPK who were arrested by National Police, had reached more than 1,235,500 fans by Thursday morning. Three Facebook pages to support the National Police had only collectively garnered 334 members.

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