Honestly, I can’t believe that those anti-Malaysians were sweeping Malaysians in the roads of Jakarta. That is just ridiculous.

Oh, sorry for talking without any preliminaries. Here’s the topic of the day:

Activists conduct sweep against Malaysians on street

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Tue, 09/08/2009 10:33 PM  |  National

Dozens of activists from the Ganyang Malaysia (Crush Malaysia) Volunteers conducted a street sweep against the neighboring country’s citizens on Jl. Diponegoro, in Central Jakarta, on Tuesday.

The ID card check lasted about three hours before the police stepped in and dispersed the activists, who failed to find any Malaysian national.

The volunteers, clad in red and white accessories, stopped every pedestrian, motorcyclist and driver, asking them to show their ID cards.

One of the volunteers, Aji Kusuma, said the group initiated the sweep as they were disappointed with the government’s slow response to Malaysia’s repeated claims on Indonesian cultural heritage.

“Our dignity and pride has been trampled on, but the government seems to ignore it,” secretary-general of the Volunteers to Defend Democracy (Repdem) told The Jakarta Post.

“We need a decisive government and we don’t think it exists under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.”

The ID check caused the traffic around Cikini in Menteng district to halt for several hours despite the police’s efforts to channel the flow of vehicles to alternative routes.

Central Jakarta Police chief of operation Adj. Sr. Comr. Aries Syahbudin said the sweeping was considered illegal.

“They did not notify us about their rally in advance,” Aries said.

The activists threatened to conduct another sweep in the next few days.

“We will evaluate our action today before we plan the next rally. It could take place outside the Malaysian embassy,” Aji said.

Founding president Sukarno launched a Ganyang Malaysia campaign in the mid 60s to fight against the formation of a Malaysian confederation state, which was deemed as a neo-colonialist power’s move to lay siege to Indonesia. (bbs)

Yeah, really. Now what was the reason of the sweeping?

One of the volunteers, Aji Kusuma, said the group initiated the sweep as they were disappointed with the government’s slow response to Malaysia’s repeated claims on Indonesian cultural heritage.

Then don’t do any illegal sweeping in this country! What effect will that bring? Nothing, only hatred and more hatred! You’re just putting gasoline into the hatred fire! Congratulations.

“We need a decisive government and we don’t think it exists under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.”

And if you think the problem lies in our county, in our government’s lack of actions, then protest to Indonesian government, not sweeping those Malaysians! An internal affair problem should be processed by Indonesia, not bringing it to something international!

And congratulations, “activists”, you’ve created a mockery of Indonesia. If you want to protests about Malaysia’s claims, then do it properly, following the rules and laws, not an anarchy-type like this.

Honestly, this is an irresponsible freedom.

PS: If you want to sweep those Malaysians really bad, how about go to Afghanistan, sweeping for Osama bin Laden? That’s a good way. Oh, and bring those FPIs too.

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