Bibin Bintariadi, Malang – Protesters from student, labour, farmer, homeless people and street buskers' organisations sentenced President Yudhoyono to death during a protest action in East Java city of Malang on Thursday. The public trail was in the form of a theatrical action organised by the Pro-People Student Movement (Gempor) in front of the DPRD.

During the trial, the protesters sentenced Yudhoyono to death by hanging and drowning in a puddle of mud. The sentence was handed down because the first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administration had failed to side with the people.

"This is an expression of the people's disappointment", said Gempor spokesperson Robi, adding that the government's failure could be seen from the Bank Century scandal, the judicial mafia and the criminalisation of the KPK. The demonstrators also said they opposed the ACFTA free trade agreement with China, which will inflict financial looses on the people.

[Abridged translation by James Balowski.]