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View all search resultsProtesters set fire to regional council buildings in several provinces
National Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo said on Saturday the president ordered authorities to take firm action against protesters who violated laws.
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People look at the the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Representatives Council (DPRD) office building, seen partially burned after being stormed, looted and set on fire during a demonstration in Mataram, NTB on Aug. 30, 2025. Protests rock Indonesian major cities including Jakarta on Aug. 29 after footage spread of a ride-hailing driver being run over by a police tactical vehicle in earlier rallies against low wages and financial perks for lawmakers. (AFP/-)
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rotesters set ablaze regional representative council (DPRD) buildings in three provinces during continuing demonstrations on Saturday, a day after three people were killed in violence that has presented a major test for President Prabowo Subianto.
Buildings of West Nusa Tenggara DPRD in Mataram as well as Central Java's Pekalongan and West Java's Cirebon City Council were set on fire by protesters, local media reported.
Detik.com said the protesters lootedoffice equipments from Cirebon DPRD building. Meanwhile, police shot tear gas to disperse protesters in Pekalongan and NTB.
Reuters could not confirm the media reports and authorities were not immediately available for comment.
Protests began in Jakarta earlier this week over lawmakers' pay. But they have been escalating on Friday after a police vehicle hit and killed 21-year-old ride-hailing driver Affan Kurniawan.
National Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo said on Saturday the president ordered authorities to take firm action against protesters who violated laws.
The attacks on DPRD buildings followed Friday's deadly protest in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar that left at least three people dead and five injured.
Local media metrotvnews.com reported one further death from the Makassar City Council building fire, though this could not be independently confirmed.
The Makassar Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), in a statement earlier on Saturday, did not provide details on the fatalities in Friday's blaze, but state news agency Antara said the victims had been trapped in the burning building.
The agency said two people were injured after jumping out of the building to escape the fire.
Hundreds of students and ojek drivers protested in front of the Bali Police headquarters, where police responded by shooting tear gas at the protesters.
"Bali is the center 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," protester Narendra Wicaksono told AFP.
Hundreds of students in Surabaya, East Java also rallied outside the East Java Police headquarters, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
MRT Jakarta said trains were not stopping at one station on Saturday near the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta, where protests broke out on Friday. Meanwhile, city-owned bus rapid transit Transjakarta resumed its services gradually starting Saturday noon.
