Muhammad Taufiqqurahman, Jakarta – A clash between hundreds of workers and police broke out during the commemoration of May Day in front of the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Saturday when demonstrators became angry after police arrested a protester who they alleged was a provocateur.
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May 2010
Ayu Fritriana, Jakarta – During a break in the labour demonstrations in Jakarta, a rat joined the protest action. Of course it wasn’t a real rat.
Ratih P Sudarsono, Bogor – Around 400 workers in the city of Bogor commemorated May Day by spending Saturday afternoon enjoying popular dangdut music at the Bogor Botanical Gardens.
Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – A number of labour and peasant organisations in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung commemorated May Day by holding a protest action in front of the governor’s office.
Rofiqi Hasan, Denpasar – Scores of workers and non-government organisation (NGO) activists commemorated May Day with a protest action at the Badjra Sandhi Monument in the Balinese provincial capital of Denpasar on Saturday May 1.
April 2010
High school graduate: I passed honestly...
Man: So later if you become a government official you’ll still be like that right?
Sleeve reads: Vested interests. Cap reads: Public Order Agency.
Man: In this case right, the common people are being played off against each other.
Kid: What says the world?
After the darkness let the light appear... but it’s getting dark again Sister...
Document: Child rape, domestic violence, migrant worker sexual abuse...
Kid: This scandal, that scandal, there’s no end to it... so what’s the broad national development program Sir?
Politician (chair reads “Republic of Clowns”): Build as maaaaany prisons as possible.
Farmers: Sir, our rice harvest has failed and we’re threatened with starvation...
Politician: My position is also under threat, don’t you know!
Sign: Sumba, NTT. Envelope: Corruption suspect
Anti-graft activists say that the root cause of most poverty, hunger and suffering in East Nusa Tenggara is rampant corruption.