When a party was held in the lobby of Jakarta City Hall on September 11, dozens of people gathered together, chattered and laughed. "We arrived first at the City Hall," said Zacky Fahira, 32, who leads a forum calling itself the Istiqlal Alumni Forum. "Nobody else then dared to come."

Fahira was describing the drama that started in the morning and ended after midday, when protesters opposed to the re-election of Go