Thousands of protesters have rallied in Indonesia’s biggest cities seeking to pile pressure on the government to reverse the country’s first subsidised fuel price hike in eight years amid soaring inflation. Protests were under way in and around the capital Jakarta on Tuesday and in the cities of Surabaya, Makassar, Kendari, Aceh, and Yogyakarta, as part of a series of … [Read more...]
🇮🇩 Prison riot in Indonesia leaves police officers dead | Al Jazeera English
A siege inside a top security jail for "terrorist" convicts in Indonesia has ended with the surrender of all 155 prisoners. Five policemen taken hostage were killed before a sixth was released. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: … [Read more...]
Indonesia protests: Hundreds hurt in student-police clashes
More than 300 university students and police in Indonesia's capital were being treated in hospital on Wednesday, a day after violent clashes with police during nationwide protests triggered by a new law that critics say cripples the country's anti-corruption agency. Jakarta police chief Gatot Eddy Pramono told a news conference that at least 265 students and 39 police officers … [Read more...]
🇮🇩 Indonesia’s Football Fever | 101 East
Football inspires fanaticism in Indonesia. It also inspires danger. Football violence has killed about 75 fans in the past 25 years. Thousands more have been injured. Popular Indonesian teams travel to matches in armoured personnel carriers and riot police with automatic weapons are regular fixtures. Accusations of match-fixing fuel the anger of football crowds and brawling … [Read more...]
Football fans riot at Asian Games in Myanmar
Hundreds of angry football fans in Yangon destroyed stadium seats and set fires after Myanmar lost to Indonesia 1-0 in the South East Asian Games, booting them out of the semi-finals. Al Jazeera's Bhanu Bhatnagar reports. 2943030975001,Asia-Pacific,football fans riot in myanmar,27th southeast asian games,package,Al Jazeera English,Bhanu Bhatnagar,News,al … [Read more...]