It was a tense week in Indonesia. Starting with a rally at the compound of the legislative building in Jakarta on August 25 to protest the rise of salary and benefits for lawmakers, workers union staged a rally on August 28 in some important sites in the morning and unrest that follows the death of one online motorcycle (ojol) driver in that evening. Some, considered ‘public enemies’, including lawmakers and minister of finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, have been targeted by looters, and buildings of regional legislative (DPRD) have been burnt down. To subscribe please click here
