Nationwide demonstrations erupted across Indonesia over police violence, parliamentary housing allowances, and soaring inflation. Anger intensified after a motorcycle taxi driver was killed by a police vehicle during a Jakarta protest. Protesters attacked the police mobile brigade headquarters and set fire to a five-storey building near the Kwitang police compound. Demonstrations persisted through heavy rain and stretched into the evening, marking a severe challenge to President Prabowo's early tenure. Protest organisers demanded salary cuts for parliamentarians and minimum wages indexed to inflation, citing a 50 million rupiah monthly housing allowance for 580 lawmakers and widespread perceptions of corruption.
Protesters angered by police violence, parliamentarians' wages and soaring inflation are staging nationwide demonstrations. Violent antigovernment protests against a range of cost-of-living issues have roiled Indonesia, and anger boiled over after the killing of a motorcycle taxi driver who was hit by a police vehicle during a demonstration in the capital Jakarta. In a recorded video address on Friday, President Prabowo Subianto called for calm and asked the people to trust the government and my leadership.
Yet, protesters pelted the headquarters of the police mobile brigade and set fire to a five-storey building near the police compound in the Kwitang neighbourhood of central Jakarta. Despite heavy rains, demonstrations continued into the evening, in the greatest test for Prabowo's presidency since taking office in October. Here is what you need to know about the ongoing unrest: The riots are the culmination of months of economic and political frustration.
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