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Protesters greet President in Malang

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 01/27/2009 9:42 AM | National

Dozens of university students in Malang, East Java, held a rally during President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit Tuesday, to protest the newly endorsed law on legal education entities and the joint ministerial decree on minimum labor wages.

The students marched and tried to enter the Brawijaya University campus, where Yudhoyono is scheduled to inaugurate several facilities.

Police stopped the students about 200 meters from the campus gate.

"We only want to meet with the President. We are asking him to withdraw the law and the decree. The [education] law will lead to discrimination against the poor," Iwan, the rally coordinator, said in his speech, as quoted by kompas.com.

The law and the decree have been separately criticized, the one because it may lead to the commercialization of education, the other for violating existing labor law.
Yudhoyono is scheduled to give a lecture at the university. He will also visit Malang Islamic State University later in the day. (dre)
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