Rallies supporting the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have been a constant fixture of protest schedules for weeks now, following the arrest of deputies Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto, however on Thursday people took to the streets to support the National Police and Attorney General's Office.

The protesters in Yogyakarta called on the police and AGO to continue the legal process against the deputies. Among the demonstrators were becak drivers, unofficial parking attendants, street vendors and a handful of university students. They called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono not to allow any intervention in the investigation of the antigraft officials.

Anti-KPK protesters hit the streets in Jakarta again on Thursday, though in far fewer numbers than at a similar rally held on Wednesday, which attracted around 700 people.

Meanwhile, rallies supporting the anticorruption commission went ahead in Jakarta and outside the capital. In Bandar Lampung, university students gathered signatures on a white cloth to support the KPK in front of Lampung University. The students said that they also wanted law enforcement agencies to investigate the Bank Century case.