Police Threaten to Disperse Lady Gaga’s Jakarta Concert

The Jakarta Police said on Thursday that they would disperse Lady Gaga’s concert in the capital originally scheduled for June 3 if the promoter insists on going on with the event.

Earlier this week after eight groups objected to the concert, the police said they would refuse to issue a permit for it, citing security concerns. One of the groups, the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), said it would dispatch 30,000 of its members and supporters to prevent Gaga from entering Jakarta.

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the Islamic People’s Forum (FUI), the Anti-Misdeeds People’s Movement (Gumam), Wahdah Islamiyah and the Indonesian Culture Institution, as well as the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and United Development Party (PPP) party factions at the House of Representatives, are also among the eight.                 Read More