The dispute between the Jakarta administration and Luar Batang residents of North Jakarta has grown more bitter with the residents violently showing their refusal toward the officials telling them to leave.

Hundreds of the residents staged a rally in front of City Hall on Tuesday, unfurling banners and posters demanding the resignation of Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama.

Some of the protestors, who were mostly male teenagers, then threw plastic water bottles at a crowd of reporters who were covering the event. The reporters, however, did not respond aggressively and the situation did not descend into violence.