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Indonesia Unrest Escalates With Parliament Buildings Torched as Prabowo Cancels China Trip

Public anger surged after reports of a new 50 million rupiah housing allowance for all 580 MPs.

Overview

  • At least three people died in a blaze at the South Sulawesi parliament in Makassar, with authorities reporting additional injuries.
  • Regional legislatures were also attacked or set on fire in Bandung, West Nusa Tenggara, Pekalongan and Cirebon, according to local media.
  • Police fired tear gas and used water cannons in multiple cities and detained hundreds of people nationwide, media reports said.
  • An armoured police vehicle ran over and killed a motorbike taxi driver in Jakarta, prompting a police apology and an investigation of the driver.
  • President Prabowo Subianto scrapped a planned early-September visit to China to oversee the response, a significant early test for his administration.