Thousands of Indonesians protest against corruption

Thursday, December 10, 2009 Several thousand people marched earlier today in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, to protest corruption in the country. Most of them were students protesting the latest corruption scandal in the country. It involves allegations that a US$600 million government bailout was given to Century Bank on condition that some of the money be used to fund the president’s re-election campaign. “Today’s aim is not to attack