TEMPO.CO, Tanjungbalai, North Sumatra - The situation in Tanjungbalai city, North Sumatra, which reportedly engulfed in mass riot, is now under control and the mob has left the scene around 04:00 Western Indonesia Time (WIB).
A number of Indonesian Armed Force and Police personnel have been deployed to secure several points of the riot scene.
Until this moment, there has been no official release yet about the cause of the anarchistic riot which causes several Buddhist monasteries to be burned down.
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