Jakarta – The 70th Independence Day anniversary cultural parade in the Pamekasan regency in East Java on Saturday has made the news after its participants displayed attributes reminiscent of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).

According to the regency's district military command (Kodim) chief Let. Col. Mawardi, the PKI attributes featured at the parade include symbols of Palu Arit (Hammer and Sickle) and posters of PKI leaders such as D.N. Aidit, Let. Col. Untung and Chairul Saleh.

"We immediately confiscated and destroyed all the attributes," said Mawardi on Saturday as quoted by tempo.co.

Separately, Pamekasan Regent Achmad Syafi'i said that he only found out about the incident after the participants held a theatrical show about PKI. "I just found out about it. We will discuss the matter in the regional head forum [to decide what to do with the participants]," said Achmad.Based on the information received by Achmad, the parade participants carrying the attributes were headmasters at the Pamekasan regency. (kes)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/08/15/independence-day-parade-pamekasan-makes-news.html