FPI Mobs Ministry, Faces Freeze
Hundreds of members Indonesia’s hard-line Islamic Defenders Front stormed the Home Affairs Ministry in Jakarta Thursday, throwing rocks through the windows in protest of a ministry decision to alter regional bylaws concerning the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages.
The attack shocked government officials, who said later in the day that the gove…
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