Makassar, S Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Anti-Malaysian demonstration continued to be staged in Indonesia on Monday.

Tens of Red and White Defenders Front (LMP) activists staged a protest by boycotting the assets of Malaysian companies operating in South Sulawesi's provincial capital of Makassar.

Among the targeted companies were the CIMB Niaga Bank and Bank International Indonesia (BII).

The angry protesters called on employees of those Malaysian' banks vacate their offices.

Some followed the LMP activists' order by joining the rally. The LMP demonstrators condemned what they called Malaysian hostility to the government and people of Indonesia.

One of the CIMB Niaga Bank employees named Rahmat Haris said as part of the Indonesian people, he and other workers remain committed and loyal to Indonesia.

"Don't question our nationalistic spirit because as a member of Indonesian society, we are always loyal and committed to defending our nation's dignity," he told the protesters.

After the rallies in front of the two banks, the LMP demonstrators moved to Tun Abdul Razak street.

Tun Abdul Razak was a former Malaysian leader, and the father of the current prime minister Najib Razak.

On the street, the demonstrators pulled down the street name board as a gesture of the Makassar people's anger to what the Malaysian police had done to three fisheries Indonesian officers last August 13.

The LMP Chairman Andi Nur Alim said Malaysians' counter protests had indicated a hostile attitude to and an effort to humiliate Indonesia.

Therefore, the Indonesian government and members of parliament need to provide the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) personnel with a mandate to take firm and stern actions against Malaysia.

With the mandate, TNI personnel posted on the Malaysian-Indonesian border could do whatever was necessary to crush "the foreign aggressors", he said.

Alim also urged the Indonesian government to do its best to solve all border disputes with Malaysia immediately.

To all political elites in Indonesia, Alim called on them to stop the war of words. Instead, they should be solid in facing Malaysia's real threat to the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Waves of anti-Malaysian protests have occurred in various parts of Indonesia following the arrest of three Indonesian fishery officers by Malaysian marine police inside Indonesian territory on August 13.

Last week, about 600 protesters staged a rally in front of the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta.

They burned the Malaysian flag in response to the capture of the Indonesian officers who had stopped seven Malaysian fishermen poaching in Riau Islands waters.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak accused the protesters of being paid by certain parties who wanted the two countries' bilateral ties to go sour.

The same accusation was made former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad despite the fact that the waves of anti-Malaysian demonstrations in Indonesia were staged by various independent pressure groups and moral forces in Indonesian society.

The Malaysian foreign minister, Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, had also refused to meet calls from Indonesia to say "sorry" for the August 13 incident.

Instead of saying sorry, Aman threatened to issue a travel warning for Malaysians not to travel to Indonesia.(R013/HAJM)