Spotlight on Militant Groups
The government threatens to disband anarchic organizations. The Islam Defenders Front and the Betawi Rempug Forum are mentioned.
June 20, 2006
FADLOLI El Muhir spent the whole day at the Jakarta Police Department. The head of the Betawi Rempug Forum (FBR) was summoned by the police for interrogation. He was questioned for 12 hours, almost until midnight, on Thursday last week.
This started from a complaint by Sinta Nuriyah, wife of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid. She was offended by Fadlolis statement on television last month, in which he said that the women who took part
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