Yogyakarta Police Detain 154 People After Demonstrators Clash With Forces
More than 150 people were detained in Yogyakarta after demonstrators clashed with security forces, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Around 100 people gathered near Yogyakarta’s local council around 8:00 pm, aiming firecrackers and hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails toward the building, police said in a statement on Wednesday.
Authorities responded by deploying tactical vehicles to disperse the crowd, while an Agence France-Presse reporter saw officers fire tear gas and water cannon late Tuesday.
Police said they seized evidence including six Molotov cocktails and 12 firecrackers from the scene.
Yogyakarta police spokeswoman Adj. Sr. Comr. Novita Eka Sari said 154 people had been detained in connection with the unrest.
National Police Chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto inspected the scene early Wednesday and pledged a thorough investigation.
Indonesian police have detained 154 people after a protest in Yogyakarta turned violent on Tuesday night. Police said demonstrators threw rocks, firecrackers and Molotov cocktails towards the parliament building, prompting authorities to deploy tactical vehicles to disperse the… pic.twitter.com/iIAK7TSsQX
“We will investigate whether… there were efforts to deliberately cause damage whether there were other objectives,” Suyudi said, as reported by The Jakarta Post.
Earlier that same day, an assembly of several hundred individuals convened close to the governor’s office in Yogyakarta to demand increased minimum wage rates, though that assembly dispersed prior to the outbreak of violence later in the evening.
The protests unfolded following a Tuesday meeting where Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka proposed stepping down during discussions with President Prabowo, amid parliamentary deliberations regarding an inquiry into his qualifications to run in the 2024 election.
Despite Gibran playing a major role in securing Prabowo’s landslide victory in the 2024 ballot, certain legislators are pursuing an inquiry to determine if educational credentials he provided during his candidacy render him ineligible for the vice presidency.
Later on Tuesday, Gibran told reporters Prabowo advised him to “fight” to prove his credentials, making no mention of discussing his resignation.
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