Malaysian FLAG BURNT as Indons protest maid rape by cops

JAKARTA, – A group of people held a protest here today over the alleged rape of an Indonesian woman by three policemen in Prai, Penang, last Friday.

Some 20 people, who were said to represent Benteng Demokrasi Rakyat (Bendera), took to the street near the residence of the Malaysian ambassador to Indonesia in Jalan Patra Kuningan Utara.

They burned the Malaysia flag and urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to deport the ambassador, failing which they called for his resignation.

The police closed a road leading the ambassador’s residence to prevent the demonstrators from making their way through.

The demonstration lasted for about 50 minutes, during which the participants, including children and women, held placards, which among others, read “Evict the Malaysian ambassador, Crush and Fight Malaysia”.

Indonesian police, including members of the bomb disposal unit, guarded the Malaysian ambassador’s residence and the Malaysian Embassy in Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said, Kuningan during the protest.

A bus ferrying Bendera protestors passed through and headed for their headquarters in Jalan Diponegoro without stopping there.

– Bernama