Deadly Protests in Indonesia President Cancels China Trip & TikTok Live Suspended

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Deadly Protests in Indonesia: President Cancels China Trip & TikTok Live Suspended Indonesia is in turmoil as deadly protests spread across multiple cities. President Prabowo Subianto cancels his planned trip to China amid escalating unrest, while TikTok suspends its live feature in the country. Fires engulf regional parliament buildings, protesters clash with police, and the controversy reaches lawmakers’ homes. Watch the full breakdown of events, the causes behind the protests, and the impact on social media platforms. Stay updated on the crisis shaking Jakarta and other provinces

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00:00Indonesia's president cancels China trip and TikTok suspends live video as deadly protests

00:05continue. Indonesian President Prabowo Sabianto on Saturday, 30, canceled a planned trip to China

00:11as days of protests spread further outside the capital Jakarta, with several regional

00:16parliament buildings set ablaze. Prabowo had been due to attend a Victory Day parade in China

00:21on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II following Japan's

00:26formal surrender. The protests, the first major test for Prabowo's nearly-year-old government,

00:31began in Jakarta this week over lawmakers pay and worsened after a police vehicle hit and killed

00:36a motorcycle rider. The president wants to continue monitoring the situation in Indonesia

00:40directly and seek the best solutions, presidential spokesperson Presidio Hadi said in a video

00:46statement on Saturday. Therefore, the president apologizes to the Chinese government that he

00:51could not attend the invitation. Another consideration in cancelling the trip was a United

00:57Nations General Assembly session in September, Presidio said. In the light of the protest,

01:02short video app TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, said on Saturday it had suspended its

01:07live feature in Indonesia for a few days. Jakarta had this week summoned representatives of social

01:12media platforms, including meta-platforms Inc. and TikTok, and told them to boost content moderation

01:18because disinformation had spread online. The government says that such disinformation has

01:23spurred protests against it. Regional Parliament Fires

01:27Earlier on Saturday, protesters caused fires at regional parliament buildings in three provinces,

01:32West Noosa-Tangara, Pekalongan City in Central Java and Syarbon City in West Java,

01:38local media reported. Local media Dedic.com said protesters had looted parliamentary office

01:43equipment in Syarbon and police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Pekalongan and West

01:48Noosa-Tangara. Three people were killed on Friday in an arson attack on a parliament building in

01:53Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency said.

01:59State news agency in Thera said the victims had been trapped in the burning building,

02:03and the Disaster Management Agency said two people were injured after jumping out of the building to

02:07escape the fire. Local media outlet MetroTVNews.com reported one further death from a fire at the

02:14Makassar Parliamentary Building. This could not be independently confirmed. Protests also occurred

02:20on the holiday island of Bali, where tear gas was used against protesters. Local media also reported

02:26that a crowd had looted the Jakarta home of Ahmad Saroni, a lawmaker from the political party Nasdem,

02:31and taken items including household furniture. Saroni has faced accusations of responding insensitively,

02:37to people calling for parliament to be dissolved amid anger over lawmakers' allowances.

02:42Saroni has labeled such critics the stupidest people in the world.

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