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JAKARTA - Police in Indonesia have arrested 31 people after dancers staged a separatist protest in front of the president in Ambon last week. Maluku police spokesman Djoko Susilo said that 28 protesters and three others were arrested after the group danced in front of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and unfurled a separatist flag. "We will resolve this case down to its very roots," said Susilo as criticism of security forces for failing to prevent the incident mounted.
He said that the 31 suspects could face charges of conspiring to plot against the state, which carries up to 15 years in jail. The protesters launched their dance during a speech by the provincial governor during a ceremony in the provincial capital of Ambon, where the separatist movement has been active for decades. They also displayed the flag of the South Maluku Republic (RMS).
Djoko Suyanto, military chief, was quoted as saying that the incident had publicly embarrassed the president and that an investigation of the security failure had already started. The spokesman for the national police and military could not immediately be contacted. The RMS was mostly crushed by Jakarta shortly after it was declared in 1950. The moment was revived after the fall of former president Suharto in 1998.
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