Indonesians protest over Garut chief’s text-message divorce
Daily news | ankakh | December 5, 2012 12:35
Hundreds of Indonesians joined a protest demanding a district chief’s resignation after revelations of his text-message divorce to a teenage girl four days after their marriage sparked public outrage.
Aceng Fikri, chief of Garut district in West Java province, took 17-year-old Fani Oktora as his second wife in July. But Fikri, 40, quickly divorced her via a short text message, alleging Oktora was not a virgin when they married. He said he spent about $26,000 (£16,000) on the wedding.
Students and rights activists in Garut spat and trampled on pictures of Fikri on Tuesday before burning them outside the local council building.
It was the second consecutive day of protests against Fikri, whose case came into the spotlight last week after a picture of the couple was posted online. On Monday dozens of people rallied outside his house and the council building.
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