101.   Shortly afterwards the security forces launched Operation Bajrang aimed at stifling the unrest.

102.   The security forces continued operations against members of the OPM in Irian Jaya.

103.   The government responded by carrying out mass arrests of pro-democracy activists, and by the end of February violent confrontations were taking place between demonstrators and the security forces.

104.   The government said that only two people had been killed as groups of ill-intentioned people attacked the security forces.

105.   Borja ordered the armed forces to intervene after violent clashes, including gunfire, between the security forces and the demonstrators.

106.   The security forces responded rapidly, using tear gas and batons.

107.   Police blockades forced them to proceed on foot, and as the march approached the border the following day it came under fire from the security forces.

108.   Also alleging rape and torture, Amnesty urged the government to take urgent action against the security forces.

109.   The amendment also specified that candidates had to have resigned from the armed forces or security forces.

110.   The government declared the strike illegal and insisted that its security forces would deal firmly with demonstrators.