Nationwide rallies mark Environment Day.

from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2009 -- PAGE 9 Groups of activists, students and environmentalists staged rallies across the nation Friday to mark World Environment Day and raise public awareness of Indonesia's environmental problems.

In Malang, East Java, a group calling themselves the Greater Malang Community Alliance for Environmental Awareness (AMPL), rallied at the regency's administrative office to voice their concern over various environmentally damaging government policies.

The highlight of the protest came with the handing over of a letter written by the protesters addressed to "hell's guardian angel." "Why did we address it to the Malang municipal council? Because we're convinced that there are many …