On Wednesday, hundreds of protesters special women took to
the streets in Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, and Bandung, the West
Java capital. While on Tuesday, hundreds of them rallied in Jakarta to protest
against the ongoing miss world contest in Indonesia, as organizers said the
event would go on as scheduled this weekend on the resort island of Bali. More after the cut...
Chanting “Allah akbar” (God is great), the protesters, mostly women, waved banners reading “Miss World Culture Liberalisation Campaign” and “Reject Miss World”.
There were also protests in the Sumatran cities of Medan and Pekanbaru, and in Makassar, in Sulawesi. Protesters gathered at council buildings, calling on the government to revoke the permit for the contest.
The organiser, MNC media group, said it was not possible to cancel the contest or move the venue, and said the government had given assurances that it would provide security and protection for the event.
“I think there is a misunderstanding,” Hary Tanoesoedibjo, head of MNC, said in Bali on Wednesday. “I assure that there will be nothing that runs against our culture. I would not accept if there was a bikini show.”
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