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rotests over the past few days against the recently passed Job Creation Law have turned violent with clashes between protestors and the police in several regions.
When police attempted to disperse a demonstration on Monday held by hundreds of university students in an industrial area in Cikarang, West Java, the students, mostly from nearby Pelita Bangsa University purportedly struck back using stones and bamboo sticks, tribunnews.com reported.
Cikarang Police chief Adj. Comr. Sukadi said the police had not granted permission for any mass rallies because of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. “But they opted to carry on with the protest, thus [the clash happened]”.
Similar scenes also occurred in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday where hundreds of people staged a protest in front of the West Java Legislative Council (DPRD) office.
Chaos broke out as protesters managed to knock down the office’s front gate and throw stones at the police, who responded with water cannon and tear gas.
Thousands of workers and students across the country have decided to carry on with the protests against the contentious law, despite many arrests.
Scores of protesters from Samarinda and Kutai Kertanegara in East Kalimantan blocked Samarinda’s main thoroughfare, the Lembuswana intersection, on Wednesday, forcing authorities to divert traffic.
