[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Activists to continue 'surveying' foreigners

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:22:59 +0100
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Activists to continue 'surveying' foreigners 


Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung



Twenty-seven Muslim activists, who were released by police in Bandung on 
Saturday after being detained for "disturbing" foreign nationals during a 
protest, vowed to continue with their actions.

The activists said they would continue distributing questionnaires to foreign 
nationals to gauge their opinions of the publication of caricatures of the 
Prophet Muhammad. 

However, police said the activists would again be detained if they attempted to 
hand out the questionnaires, which they said was a violation of the privacy of 
foreign residents and tourists. 

Among the 27 people detained Friday were Muhammad Mukmin, the coordinator of 
the Anti-Apostasy Movement, a group involved in shutting down churches in West 
Java, as well as members of the Islam Defenders Front and other hard-line 
groups. 

Police made the arrests outside the Holiday Inn hotel on Jl. Juanda, where the 
activists were searching for foreign nationals to question. 

A minor scuffle broke out when some of the activists refused to get into trucks 
to be transported to Bandung Police Headquarters. However, police quickly 
gained control of the situation and the men were taken to police headquarters. 

The activists said the questionnaires were intended to gauge the opinion of the 
foreign nationals to the Prophet cartoons, with anyone found to be "hostile 
toward Islam" to be ordered out of Indonesia. 

Mukmin told a press conference Saturday police questioned the activists for 
five hours, and released them after determining "the protest was legal". 

"After cross-checking with the permit section, they found our letter (informing 
the police of the planned protest). We even sent copies of the letter to West 
Java Police Headquarters and the West Java Military commander," Mukmin said. 

He said the activists would distribute the questionnaires at international 
hotels in Bandung, including the Hyatt Regency and the Holiday Inn. 

However, Bandung Police chief Sr. Comr. Edmon Ilyas said officers would prevent 
the activists from handing out the questionnaires because it had the potential 
to cause unrest and disturb tourists. 

"They do not have any authority to do this. If they were allowed to just do 
what they liked, everybody would be able to do whatever they wished as well. 
The security of foreign tourists must be ensured to prevent our image from 
being tarnished internationally," Edmon said. 


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