Rebecca Meckelburg
Talking Indonesia
Rebecca Meckelburg: Indonesia's New Protest Movements
- Published
- September 7, 2025
- Duration
- 46:45
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 2, 2026
Discusses In late August, demonstrations against housing allowances for national parliamentarians escalated dr…
Summary
In late August, demonstrations against housing allowances for national parliamentarians escalated dramatically when a motorcycle delivery driver, Affan Kurniawan, caught up in the protests, was run over by a police tactical vehicle. His death, live-streamed, saw waves of protests in at least 47 Indonesian cities in a convulsion of genuine national rage an…
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In late August, demonstrations against housing allowances for national parliamentarians escalated dramatically when a motorcycle delivery driver, Affan Kurniawan, caught up in the protests, was run over by a police tactical vehicle. His death, live-streamed, saw waves of protests in at least 47 Indonesian cities in a convulsion of genuine national rage and frustration. Parliaments were set on fire in at least 4 cities, police stations were attacked, and the homes of prominent political figures w