THREE thousand participants in a student rally at the Trisakti University campus in Grogol, West Jakarta, were thrown into confusion on Tuesday, January 15, 1974. Two hours after the rally began, student leaders told them to return to their respective campuses, although the program had not yet ended. Rumors had surfaced that riots were to break out around the city.

In the morning, the demonstrators, made up of students and other people, had gath