Tuesday, 01 Oct 2019 07:01 AM MYT
Several thousand students, activists and workers had gathered near parliament to oppose a new law that critics say undermines the fight against graft, and a new criminal code outlawing sex outside marriage, and criminalising insulting the president's honour. Yesterday, police fired tear gas to break up crowds, including near the Atma Jaya Catholic University in the city centre, where a medical centre had been set up, said Bunga Pertiwi, a bank woker who was helping injured students.A subway station near Jakarta's financial centre was also closed and a commuter line halted as protesters fled from tear gas.
A Twitter account that tracks the protests, @AksiLangsung , reposted several tweets saying protesters needed oxygen, water and medication. Yesterday was the last day of parliament's session and lawmakers officially agreed to delay to its next term a vote on the criminal code bill. A new parliament will be sworn in today.
More than 20,000 police and military personnel were deployed to maintain security in the capital, according to media.More than 200 protesters in Bandung were treated in a university after clashes with police, a dozen of which had since been moved to a hospital, Detik.com reported.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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