Indonesians protest official's 4-day teen marriage
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Protesters burn portraits of Garut District Chief Aceng Fikri during a protest in the town of Garut, West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
GARUT, Indonesia - Hundreds of Indonesians rallied on Tuesday to demand a district chief's resignation after revelations of his text message divorce to a teenage girl four days after their marriage sparked public outrage.
Aceng Fikri, chief of Garut District in West Java province, took 17-year-old Fani Oktora as his second wife in July. But Fikri, 40, quickly divorced her via a short text message, alleging Oktora was not a virgin when they married as he had expected.
He said he spent about US$26,000 (S$ 32,000) on the wedding.
Students and rights activists in Garut spit and trampled on pictures of Fikri on Tuesday before burning them outside the local council building.
