Jakarta – According to the action coordinator from the University of Indonesia Student Executive Council, Ahmad Nur Hidayat, 15 of his friends were injured in a clash with police.

“Most of them suffered head wounds because they were beaten by police”, he said at Jalan Merdeka Utara in front of the Supreme Court building on Thursday February 12. The wounded students have been taken to the Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, according to the chairperson of Indonesian Muslim United Student Action, Hermawan, the clash began when police began shoving students from the side. Then police began hitting a vehicle carrying a loud speaker with batons resulting in the windows being smashed. A field coordinator named Febi was not been seen among the demonstrators.

The situation has now calmed down with student withdrawing in the direction of the army’s headquarters. The panel of judges [reading out the verdict against Golkar Party chief Akbar Tanjung] are still in session.

[Translated by James Balowski.]