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Indonesia: Clashes As Youth Protest With Manga Flags Against Lawmakers' Salary Hike |Spotlight |N18G  Indonesia: Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Jakarta, some waving flags of the Japanese manga series One Piece, in a dramatic demonstration against lawmakers’ lavish salaries and perks. Riot police deployed tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds, but protesters continued to hurl rocks and set off fireworks, demanding pay cuts and criticizing "corrupt elites." The unrest has spread beyond the capital to Central Java and Sulawesi, fueled by grievances over property taxes and economic inequality. President Prabowo Subianto faces mounting dissent despite his welfare initiatives, including free school meals and public health programs.  ---  Indonesia Protest | Jakarta Unrest | One Piece Flags | Lawmakers Salaries | Police Clash | Riot Police | Tear Gas | Water Cannons | Pay Cut Demand | Corrupt Elites | Property Taxes | Economic Inequality | Central Java Protests | Sulawesi Unrest | Prabowo Subianto | Welfare Initiatives | Free School Meals | Public Health Programs | Political Protest | Social Unrest | Indonesia News | Indonesia Government | Manga Protest | Firstpost | News Live | World News | Latest News | Global News | International News | News | Trending News  #indonesiaprotest #jakartau unrest #onepieceflags #lawmakerssalaries #policeclash #riotpolice #teargas #watercannons #paycutdemand #corruptelites #propertytaxes #economicinequality #centraljavaprotests #sulawesiunrest #prabowosubianto #welfareinitiatives #freeschoolmeals #publichealthprograms #politicalprotest #socialunrest #indonesianews #governmentcriticism #indonesiaprotestviolence #mangaprotest #firstpost #newslive #worldnews #latestnews #globalnews #news #internationalnews #trendingnews  Firstpost is an Indian news and media website. Get all the incisive opinions, in-depth analyses and other visual stories that matter to you and the world right here on this channel.   Subscribe to Firstpost channel and press the bell icon to get notified when we go live.    https://www.youtube.com/@Firstpost  Follow Firstpost on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firstpost/   Follow Firstpost on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/firstpostin/   Follow Firstpost on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/firstpost  Follow Firstpost on WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6zOIrEQIamseyg762V  # news #breaking #24x7

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00:00And shifting focus to Indonesia, the streets of the capital of Jakarta turned into something

00:04straight out of a real-life Manga Monday. Now, hundreds of protesters, some of them waving

00:11flags of the Japanese manga series One Piece, clashed with the police. Now, what sparked the

00:17unrest? It was the lavish pay and perks enjoyed by Indonesia's lawmakers, an issue that has struck

00:24a chord with youngsters in the country. Authorities deployed over 1,000 extra security

00:31personnel, including officers in undercover clothing, ready to make arrests. Streets leading

00:39to the parliament were blocked, yet the protesters managed to jump over fences in their attempt

00:45to breach the parliament fences. And they also hurled rocks at the police. Riot police responded

00:52with tear gas and with water cannons, trying to push back the crowd away from parliament.

01:00Smoke swirled through Jakarta's streets as protesters, clad in dark clothing, set off fireworks.

01:07Chants for salary cuts also rang out loud as protesters criticized what they call corrupt

01:14elites and the policies favoring the politicians. They highlighted that parliamentarians earn up

01:22to 100 million rupiah a month, or over 6,000 US dollars, with almost 50 million rupiah, or over

01:303,000 US dollars, going just to housing allowances. Now, that's almost 10 times Indonesia's minimum

01:39wage. The government defends these allowances, saying that they reflect the high cost of living

01:45in Jakarta. Protesters, however, see it as a symbol of deep inequality. And these demonstrations aren't

01:54isolated to Jakarta. In recent weeks, central Java and Sulawesi have also seen violent protests triggered by

02:03issues such as property tax hikes. Now, reports say the sudden surge in unrest reflects a new level of anger

02:12and widespread dissent toward President Subianto's administration. Now, this comes despite his efforts

02:20to fight malnutrition, including massive budgets for free school meals and expanded public health

02:27programs, policies that President Subianto has projected as central to his governance agenda. But they have

02:37also faced criticism in recent months over faulty implementation, especially due to hundreds of

02:44cases of food poisoning linked to the flagship free school meals. With protests spreading from Jakarta to

02:53central Java, the big question remains, will the government listen to citizens' anger, or will the unrest

03:00continue to escalate?

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