Olympic News Indonesia shortens torch route after protests | Indonesia shortens torch route after protests |
 Indonesia has drastically shortened the Olympic torch route through Jakarta following massive protests in other cities, organisers said today. The torch will remain in central Jakarta, they said, scrapping plans to take it to the north and west of the sprawling capital after chaotic scenes in London and Paris.
 “There has been a change of route... after the incidents in Greece, France and England,” relay organiser Sumohadi Marsis told AFP.“The initial plan was for the torch to leave City Hall for Chinatown then go to the National Monument Square... But there were worries from the security side.” Pro-Tibet campaigners have shadowed the flame from the moment it was lit in Greece on March 24, starting its 20-country, 137,000-kilometre journey to Beijing for the August Olympic Games. The relay route was altered in San Francisco due to protests by activists seeking to highlight many controversies surrounding the Chinese government, including its controversial rule of Tibet and human rights record. Dozens of protesters were arrested in London when the flame passed through there on Sunday, while constant disruption forced officials to extinguish the torch five times in Paris on Monday. International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge said in Beijing today he was “saddened” by the violent protests, but promised the Olympics would rebound. SOURCE- JAKARTA AFP     |
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