The Jakarta Post, May 23, 2005
Residents block Ambon street
AMBON, Maluku: Residents from the Batumerah subdistrict blocked a main street in
Ambon city from Friday night to Saturday morning to protest police detentions of
several locals.
The blockade of a main thoroughfare leading into the Batumerah area caused large
traffic jams. It was voluntarily called off after Ambon police Adj. Sr. Comr. Leonidas
Braksan spoke to the demonstrators on Saturday.
Police had earlier detained residents from the area in their search for the perpetrators
of string of armed attacks in the city, including the attack on the Villa Cafe in
February that killed two people. -- JP
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