Hundreds of Indonesians staged protests across Jakarta after a motorcycle ride-sharing driver was struck and killed by a police vehicle during violent clashes near parliament. Demonstrators were protesting issues including lawmakers' pay and education funding. The unrest prompted schools to let students leave early and banks and businesses to ask staff to work from home, while the military was deployed in some areas. Protesters gathered outside parliament and police headquarters, throwing rocks and chanting accusations. Family, colleagues and public figures demanded a transparent investigation. President Prabowo expressed condolences, called for calm and ordered a thorough inquiry.
Hundreds of Indonesians have protested at sites across Jakarta over the death of a man hit by a police vehicle, in the first big test for Prabowo Subianto's nearly year-old government. The man, a motorcycle ride-sharing driver, was hit at the site of violent clashes near parliament on Thursday as police sought to disperse demonstrators protesting about a number of issues including lawmakers' pay and education funding.
The protests on Friday afternoon in the capital of south-east Asia's largest economy prompted a number of schools to allow students to leave early, and banks and businesses to ask employees to work from home. The military was deployed in some areas, footage broadcast by local media showed. Drivers, students and Indonesians from other walks of life gathered outside the country's parliament and police headquarters in Jakarta to stage protests on Friday, throwing rocks at the gates and chanting: Killer. Killer.
Protesters were undeterred by the earlier remarks of Prabowo, the country's president, who called for calm, expressed condolences for Kurniawan's death and ordered a thorough investigation of the incident. I am shocked and disappointed by the excessive actions of the officers, Prabowo said in a video message.
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