By night, some of the protests had turned violent, with cars being burned and police outposts being torched in several cities, according to local news media and television. Why did they start and how has the government responded? The students, led by the university's student body executives and attended by lecturers as well as students affected by the protests, held a vigil for all the victims who died during earlier.
Violent protests that have swept across indonesia, leaving six people dead, are being seen as a major test for president prabowo subianto ’s presidency. Despite modest inflation averaging around 3 per cent since the pandemic, elevated rice and education. Protests erupted in multiple cities and tensions soared across indonesia on friday, a day after a delivery rider was allegedly run over by a police armored vehicle during clashes.
Several people have been killed as indonesia witnesses its most violent protests in more than two decades. Anger at perks for politicians spilled over into wider protests after the death of a. The protests are led by students, workers and women’s rights groups angered by the yawning gap between indonesia’s elites and shrinking middle class, and turned violent. The protests add to uncertainty surrounding indonesia’s economic health.