Extra long buses for the Trans-Jakarta bus way system - often named just ‘Busway’ - will be used on the route Kampung Melayu-Ancol, or Corridor V. The launch of the new buses was executed by the governor of Jakarta, Fauzi Bowo yesterday morning. Ten new extra long buses have been prepared to be operational starting from today. These new buses can only be used on this corridor, because the infrastructure here is completely ready as well.

The long buses, together with the regular buses, will transit at the Sentral Senen bus-stop. The long buses will not use the fly-over to prevent traffic jams from occurring. The normal buses however will use the fly-over in Senen. The bus-stops for the long buses have three doors instead of just one.

Passengers board the buses via the front an back doors. The door in the middle is used to step off the bus. However the buses are slightly slower than the normal buses, they are capable of transporting much more passengers as well. Up to 180 passengers can be in the bus at any time. The operational hours for the extra long buses will be the same as for the regular buses on the Trans-Jakarta routes, from 05:00 to 22:00 local time.

05 June 2008 - To prevent any actions by people who want to see FPI disbanded, the regional branch of FPI in Pekanbaru, Riau, has brought itself to readiness to fight possible crowds demanding the disbandment of FPI. The head of the regional branch there, Haris Kampai, said that they would fight anyone near their office demanding the disbandment of FPI. “The Riau branch of FPI has never had any anarchist behavior, it’s Ahmadiyah that should be disbanded, not FPI”, said Haris, pointing at a sect that is said to deviate from Islam.

Earlier this afternoon, hundreds of people from various elements from the Indonesian society showed up at the FPI branch office in Bandung, West Java, where they also demanded the disbandment of the FPI. The office is heavily guarded by local police because there were already rumors about groups arriving to demonstrate. Some people carried posters saying “FPI anti Pancasila” and “FPI are animals with turban”.

In Bogor, West Java, some 200 people gathered themselves near the local office of FPI to demand disbandment of the radical Islamic group there as well. All protests are still peaceful, but fears are still that things could go wrong if one of the sides replies a provocation.