A traditional drink vendor reacts as she passes a burned police station a day after a protest against the government’s controversial jobs creation law which ended up with clashes between the demonstrators and riot police near the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, October 9, 2020. — Reuters pic
Demonstrations erupted in industrial areas and cities across the archipelago last week after the bill’s passage with chaotic scenes in some areas, public property torched, and almost 6,000 people were arrested. Widodo has defended the law, saying demonstrators were motivated by “disinformation” and urging critics to challenge the law in courts instead.
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