Indonesia police fire tear gas to disperse protest at parliament

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JAKARTA — Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday (April 11) to disperse hundreds of university students protesting high cooking oil prices and a mooted extension of president Joko Widodo's stay in office.

Crowds of demonstrators were seen running away from the scene outside parliament in the capital Jakarta, according to a Reuters witness, while Kompas TV said rocks had been thrown into the complex.

Jakarta police chief Fadil Imran told a news conference that a university lecturer who was participating in the demonstration sustained"grave" injuries after a"non-student" group battered and stomped on him. Six police officers who tried to help the lecturer were also injured, he added.Mr Jokowi, as the president is known, on Sunday sought to dampen speculation of a plan being hatched by his allies to keep him in power longer.

"What's clear is how the elites are forcing themselves to delay the election, and that's what hurts the constitution," said Mr Muhammad Lutfi, a student attending the protest. The idea of allowing more than the maximum two, five-year terms as president has fuelled concern about a threat to hard-won democratic reforms.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

 

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