Foreign and local nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) have insisted they will go ahead with plans to hold a protest meeting in Batam called the International People's Forum vs the IMF and World Bank, despite opposition from local police. Ramches Merdeka, chairperson of the Child Protection Forum, which will act as the meeting's organising committee, said the 700 participants of 74 NGOs from 40 countries were determined to gather. Riau Islands Police chief Sutarman said the police would not support the group's plan and added that business people investing heavily in Batam had sent a letter to the police to express their objections to the NGOs' plan. The NGO meeting is planned for September 12 - 18, to coincide with the annual meeting of the boards of governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Singapore.
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