Nograhany Widhi K., Jakarta – On Monday May 18, 10 separate demonstrations will ‘besiege’ Jakarta. Five of the demonstrations will be held at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in Central Jakarta at 9am, so pay close attention to your route so as not to get caught in traffic.

Based upon information from the Metro Jaya Regional Police Traffic Management Centre, five different groups will be protesting at Hotel Indonesia, namely the Social Forum for Saving State Assets, the State Assets Forum of Concern, the Association of Javanese Families, the United Betawi (native Jakartans) for Progress and the Banten Residents State Asset Observers.

Still in the Central Jakarta area, Greenpeace East Asia Indonesia will be holding a demonstration in front of the State Palace on Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur at 9am. Also on Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur, workers from the company CV Jaya Abadi will hold a protest in front of the Supreme Court building at 10am.

In the North Jakarta area meanwhile, the Association of Victims of the Papanggo Forced Evictions and the Legal Aid Institute will hold a demonstration in front of the North Jakarta District Court on Jl. Danau Sunter Raya at 9am.

Then at 10am, protesters from the PT Kodja Bahari Shipping and Dockworkers Trade Union will ‘descend en masse’ on the North Jakarta office for Labour and Transmigration.

In South Jakarta meanwhile, the Greater Depok Coalition of Non-Government Organisations will be holding a protest action in front of the police headquarters on Jl. Trunojoyo at 11am. (nwk/nwk)

[Translated by James Balowski.]