Arfi Bambani Amri, Jakarta – Three separate demonstrations will be held at the Sate Palace, the Finance Department and the offices of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today, Thursday April 10. Motorists are advised to avoid the three locations while the demonstrations are in progress.

As announced by the Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Centre, between 8am and 5pm an estimated 1,000 protesters from the Finance Department Directorate General for Taxation Contract Workers Communication Forum (FKTH) will protest at the Department of Finance on Jl. Wahidin in Central Jakarta.

Starting at 11am, some 250 people from the East Kalimantan People’s Concern Network (JPR-Kaltim) will hold a protest action in front of the KPK offices on Jl. HR Rasuna Said in South Jakarta. The protesters will be calling on the KPK to iinvestigate an alleged corruption case involving the East Kalimantan gubernatorial candidate Awang Farouk Ishak, who is currently the regent of East Kutai.

At 4pm in the afternoon, the Solidarity Network for the Families of Victims of Human Rights Violations (JSKKP-HAM) will be organising a demonstration in front of the State Place on Jl. Merdeka Utara in Central Jakarta. The JSKKP-HAM will be calling on the government to fully resolve cases of human rights violations. (aba/aba)

[Translated by James Balowski.]