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Workers burn giant mouse outside Palace
Jakarta Post - May 1, 2010
Jakarta – A number of labor union activists burned down a giant mouse effigy during a rally to commemorate the International Labor Day outside the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Saturday.
The protesters said they set fire to the 2.5-meter tall effigy, made of hard paper, to express their anger with corrupt officials and people. Dozens of the workers danced around the burning effigy under the eyes of police officers, kompas.com reported.
In less than five minutes, the fire razed the effigy. "Don't extinguish it officers," a rally participant told the police.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono celebrated the International Labor Day with workers of an automotive company in Karawang, West Java when thousands of labor union members thronged the road outside the palace.
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