Bima Torched

One hundred policemen on guard could not do much to deter thousands of demonstrators heading for the Bima regent's office in West Nusa Tenggara, last Thursday. Muhammad Syafi'i, a witness, said that the mob damaged the fence quickly and forced their way into the office yard. "The police were not able to hold them back," he recounted to Tempo.

He related how the buildings were set ablaze after Mulyadi, a resident of Lambu subdistrict,