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Indonesia Beefs up Security Presence to Prepare for Student Protests
Students are demanding a national disaster declaration for the wildfires and cuts to spending on Prabowo Subianto's free meals program, organizers said.
- On Oct 28, hundreds of Indonesian security personnel deployed in Jakarta with armoured vehicles ahead of student protests scheduled for Wednesday.
- Students from the University in Indonesia, organizing under hashtag #IndonesiaAware, are demanding the government declare wildfires in Sumatra and Borneo a national disaster.
- Demonstrators also demand a halt to spending on populist programs, specifically President Prabowo Subianto's free meals scheme, amid ongoing forest fires.
- Similar demonstrations took place in Palangka Raya, where students gathered outside the Central Kalimantan Governor's office last week to protest haze handling.
- Prabowo faces declining approval ratings according to Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting surveys, amid a history of previous mass detentions.
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Law enforcement agencies and Indonesian troops have drawn additional force and armoured equipment to central Jakarta in anticipation of massive student demonstrations due to forest fires. Hundreds of law enforcement personnel, including police and military personnel, are deployed in the capital of the country to transfer RIA News. The University of Indonesia Student Executive Board has planned an event entitled "Indonesia, wake up." An event on …
A number of student alliances will hold a demonstration in Jakarta, Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
Polda Metro Jaya said that public spaces are shared spaces used by the community for various purposes.
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