Indonesia Police Protect Mystical Tree
October 5, 2006
In Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, Indonesian police have cordoned off a Banyan tree after a Muslim youth group attacked the tree to challenge its believed mystical powers.
A news agency quotes Susi Marsitawati, of Jakarta’s park agency,” The city government tried hard not to cut the tree when we built a bus lane. It is more than 100 years old and it is important for the environment”.
In Jakarta there are rigors going around that the government was unable to cut the tree because of its powers.
The Muslim youth group leader said his members attacked the tree to challenge its mystical powers.
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