Ultranationalist Mobs Raid Malaysian Banks
Farouk Arnaz & Antara | August 31, 2010
Jakarta. Recent anti-Malaysia sentiment took a criminal twist on Monday when an ultranationalist group stormed into two Malaysian-controlled banks in Makassar, South Sulawesi, and forced their early closure.
Dozens of members of the Red and White Troops (Laskar Merah Putih) broke into a branch of CIMB Niaga bank, which is majority-owned by CIMB, Malaysia’s second-largest financial service provider.
Police and security officers attempted to stop the mob, but were unable to because they were heavily outnumbered.
The demonstrators came on dozens of motorbikes and a pick-up truck to the bank branch located on Jalan Ahmad Yani, news portal Detik.com reported.
The group forced the employees to “declare [their] love for Indonesia” and leave the bank.