- Title: INDONESIA: STUDENTS ORGANISATIONS FIGHT OUTSIDE MERDEKA PALACE IN DJAKARTA
- Date: 23rd January 1966
- Summary: 1. MV PRO-SUKARNO STUDENTS MARCHING 0.04 2. SLV K.A.M.I. STUDENTS MARCHING 0.08 3. SV CLASH BETWEEN 2 GROUPS (4 SHOTS) 0.29 4. LV SECURITY GUARDS BREAK UP CLASH (4 SHOTS) 0.41 5. SV YOUNG GIRLS TAKE REFUGE IN TRUCKS 0.46 6. LV K.A.M.I. GROUP 0.53 7. SV GUARDS PREVENTING CLASH (2 SHOTS) 1.02 8. SV PRO-SUKARNO STUDENT LEADERS CALL FOR CALM (3 SHOTS) 1.19 Initials JHS/V/CC/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 7th February 1966 12:00
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- Location: DJAKARTA -- INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Reuters ID: LVA15URQ2G4WF800TQC9GEP796ED
- Story Text: FIGHTS BROKE OUT BETWEEN TWO STUDENTS ORGANISATIONS THAT HAD GATHERED OUTSIDE THE MERDEKA PALACE IN DJAKARTA THIS WEEK WHILE PRESIDENT SUKARNO WAS ADDRESSING HIS CABINET INSIDE. SECURITY GUARDS QUICKLY SEPARATED THE ANTAGONISTS AND RESTORED ORDER.
THE FIGHTS LAST THURSDAY WERE BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL STUDENTS MOVEMENT OF INDONESIA, (G.M.N.T.), WHICH SUPPORTS PRESIDENT SUKARNO, AND THE INDONESIAN STUDENTS ACTION COMMAND (K.A.M.I.).
REPORTS SAID THE GMNI STUDENTS, CARRYING SUKARNO PORTRAITS AND BANNERS, WERE JEERED AS THEY MARCHED PAST THE OTHER GROUP.
WHEN THE FIGHTS BROKE OUT, GIRLS FROM THE TWO ORGANISATIONS TOOK REFUGE IN PARKED MILITARY TRUCKS NEARBY. LEADERS OF THE TWO GROUPS SHOUTED TO THEIR MEMBERS TO BREAK OFF THE FIGHTING. THIS HELPED THE SECURITY GUARDS TO RESTORE ORDER.
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