US EditionIndonesia Protest Blaze Kills 3 as Anger Erupts over Driver's Death
Protests against political perks and cost-of-living grievances intensified after the death of a 21-year-old ride-share driver hit by police, with thousands joining demonstrations nationwide.
- On August 28, 2025 , a police tactical/armoured vehicle struck and killed 21-year-old Affan Kurniawan in Jakarta, triggering mass protests and violent clashes across Indonesia on Friday.
- Five days of protests began in Jakarta on Monday after reports that Indonesia's 580 House of Representatives members receive a 50 million rupiah housing allowance; protesters demanded higher wages, lower taxes and anti-corruption measures amid rising living costs.
- Video circulating online shows a Polri Mobile Brigade vehicle hitting Affan Kurniawan and fleeing; thousands of Gojek riders attended his August 29, 2025 funeral.
- President Prabowo Subianto apologised to the family, ordered a transparent investigation, and said Mobile Brigade Corps officers found violating ethics must be held accountable.
- Protests spread to multiple cities and in Makassar, South Sulawesi, a council building fire killed three people; in Bali, protester Narendra Wicaksono said, `Bali is the centre of tourism in Indonesia, and we want to protest here to gain international attention about the legal injustice, corruption, and the impunity of police crimes`.
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At least 3 people died in Makassar, Indonesia, in a fire caused by demonstrations that broke out throughout the country, following the death of a taxi-moto driver, crushed by a police vehicle on 29 August.
Large-scale street protests have been taking place since Friday in response to the death of a driver crushed by the police, against the backdrop of anger stirred by economic difficulties.
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Indonesia protest blaze kills 3 as anger erupts over driver's death
A fire started by protesters at a council building in eastern Indonesia killed at least three people, a local official said on Saturday, after the death of a man hit by a police vehicle sparked widespread demonstrations.
Since the death of a 21-year-old driver, whose video, which has become viral, has shocked a lot, the main cities of the country, confronted with a grunt against economic policy and corruption, simmer
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