“I am very worried about the death that occurred [on Thursday] in such a difficult economic situation. I hope the Indonesian government will respond appropriately and make all efforts to ensure that the situation does not worsen,” Lee Kang Hyun, chairman of the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Indonesia (KoCham), told The Jakarta Post on Friday.

Lee was referring to the death of Affan Kurniawan, an ojol (online bike-hailing service) driver who was run over by an armored tactical vehicle of the National Police’s Mobile Brigade (Brimob) during a protest on Thursday night.

Asked on Sunday whether the protests were a sign of political instability, Lee said, “of course” and added that he “desperately” hoped for the government and protesters to have a “sincere dialogue and regain stability as soon as possible”.

The protests began on Aug. 25 when a crowd, including many highschoolers still in their white-grey uniforms, flooded the area around the Senayan legislative complex to protest against an exorbitant pay hike for lawmakers.

More protests followed on Thursday, mobilized mainly by labor unions but joined by a myriad of ojol drivers. Amid a chaotic scene, Affan. who reportedly had not joined the protests but had just completed a food delivery, fell over in the middle of a Central Jakarta road, before a Brimob vehicle ran over him, all caught in multiple videos widely circulated online.

Dozens of people, reportedly went after the vehicle as it sped away, and that evening, the mob circled the Brimob headquarters in Kwitang, Central Jakarta, with chaos erupting in the vicinity, particularly in the Pasar Senen area.