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Violent Protests In Indonesia Test President Prabowo Subianto Government

Sparked by a recent hike in lawmakers' allowances to ten times the national minimum wage, the protests spread as authorities tried to restore peace. 

Indonesia protests and demonstrations over lawmaker salary and bike taxi driver death
Indonesia protests | Photo: AP/Achmad Ibrahim

A protester throws rock at riot police officers during a protest against lavish allowances given to Parliament members, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Indonesia Protests and demonstrations | Photo: AP/Tatan Syuflana

A protester throws rock at riot police during a protest against lavish allowances given to parliament members, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Indonesia Protests | Photo; AP/Achmad Ibrahim

A student throws a rock towards riot police during a protest against lavish allowances given to parliament members, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Indonesia Protests | Photo: AP/Tatan Syuflana

Protesters clash with riot police during a protest against lavish allowances given to parliament members, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Indonesia Protests and demonstrations | Photo: AP/Tatan Syuflana

A man carries Indonesian national flag as a traffic police post is burned during a protest following the death of a delivery rider in clashes between riot police and students protesting against lawmakers' allowances, outside the Regional Police Headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Indonesia Protests and demonstrations | Photo: AP/Tatan Syuflana

Students confront police during a protest following the death of a bike taxi rider in clashes between riot police and students protesting against lawmakers' allowances, at the Regional Police Headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Indonesia Protests | Photo: AP/Tatan Syuflana

A traffic police post is burned during a protest following the death of a delivery rider in clashes between riot police and students protesting against lawmakers' allowances, outside the Regional Police Headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Indonesia Protests and demonstrations | Photo; Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images

Labourers display posters during a protest against the Indonesian Government in Surabaya, Indonesia. Indonesian labourers have raised political demands: eliminate outsourcing, reject low wages, increase the 2026 minimum wage by 8.5 to 10.5 per cent, stop layoffs, revise labour tax revisions, pass new labour bill without the Omnibus Law, pass the corruptor asset confiscation bill, and revise Indonesia's election system.

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Indonesia Protests | Photo: AP/Trisnadi

Police officers walk amid tear gas smoke during a protest in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia sparked by reports of lawmakers receiving excessive housing allowances.

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Indonesia Protests | Photo: AP/Trisnadi

A man climbs on to a police water cannon truck during a protest following the death of a delivery rider in clashes between riot police and students protesting against lawmakers' allowances, in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.

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