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BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||| INDONESIA
Source: FT.COM
A mob of people broke into the home of Indonesia's finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, looting it of the contents.
The crowd took paintings, chairs, and other items from the home.
This arrived when a recent allowance of $3,000 was added to the governments monthly salary for housing. It also shows a massive disconnect between the political system in Indonesia and regular everyday people.
via FT:
The demonstrations became heated when a motorbike taxi driver was killed after being run over by a police vehicle during a rally in Jakarta on Thursday. Chaos has since erupted in several cities, including Makassar, where three people died during a fire at a regional parliament building.
“We can’t deny there are symptoms of unlawful actions, even those leading to treason and terrorism,” said Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto at a press conference on Sunday.
“I order the police and military to take the strongest possible action against destruction of public facilities and looting of homes and economic centres.”
During the same address, Prabowo announced parliament had agreed to cut back on benefits for members, such as allowances and foreign trips. He has cancelled a planned trip to a security summit in China in order to monitor the situation.
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