Southeast Asians flood Indonesian riders with food orders after deadly protests

The Star

In support of the protesters in Indonesia, social media users on X and Instagram have called for the region to help the online motorcycle drivers through food and supplies orders.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2p7kbyru  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

Transcript

00:00From the comfort of his home in Kuala Lumpur, 21-year-old Malaysian student Ayman Hariz

00:07Mohamed Adib watched as chaos unfolded in neighboring Indonesia. Led by students,

00:13workers and rights groups, protests since last week over police violence and state spending

00:18priorities spread around the world's third largest democracy after a police vehicle hit

00:23and killed a motorcycle taxi driver last week. I think that it's a mark that they have power

00:31as people because they work together and when things are harming the people, they step up and

00:37they do something about it. They're not afraid of doing something about it. The events that escalated

00:43since the death of the driver on August 28th inspired Ayman to do more. I first saw this

00:50particular initiative online where there were many Malaysians and also there were many calls

00:55from other people in Southeast Asia like Thailand, Singapore, telling us all to contribute to what's

01:02happening in Indonesia, contribute to the people and what they're doing by sending support through

01:09food. And so that really gave me this opportunity or it really showed me that there is a way for me

01:15to, you know, give to them and to help out. So that really made me feel like I should do this

01:21because I can do this.

01:22Screenshots and videos seen by Reuters show people from Malaysia, Singapore and multiple other countries

01:28turning to their online ride-sharing apps to carry out donations. The orders are tailored with messages

01:35telling the drivers to take the food home or give it out to other drivers and their families.

01:40This initiative was welcomed by motorcycle drivers such as 39-year-old Rizki Azhar whose income

01:47has been hampered by the ongoing unrest as some businesses, schools and offices choose to operate

01:53remotely. Ayman's donation order went to Rizki on Wednesday who said it was the first order

01:59he received that day.

02:01Janji dari Wame Naker aja sampai sekarang aja belum terrealisasi buat kami kawan-kawan

02:06buat kami driver ojek online tentang potongan harga 10% ini belum terrealisasi dari pemerintah gitu

02:14artinya belum ada pemerhati dari pemerintah. Tapi kami kaget beberapa hari ini ada warga negara luar

02:23yang peduli dengan kami gitu loh. Bahkan saya dengar informasi dari kawan-kawan ada mereka mendapatkan

02:30makanannya juga, mendapatkan uang tipsnya juga. Menurut saya itu sungguh luar biasa.

02:35Ride-sharing platform Grab has seen increasing orders from users outside of Indonesia,

02:40particularly Southeast and East Asia, according to a company official.

02:44Terima kasih untuk para pendukung yang mengirimkan makanan dari luar negeri, dari Malaysia, Singapura,

02:54Australia, dan lain-lain. Atas dukungan kepada kami rakan-rakan ojol di Indonesia yang telah

03:00support dengan kejadian kemarin demo yang saudara kita Arvan terkena musibah tersebut. Semoga beliau

03:10ditempatkan di sisi Allah SWT. Amin. Terima kasih sekali lagi untuk semua support system

03:16melalui apa saja, makanan, belanjaan, semua. Kami ocakkan terima kasih semua sebesar-besarnya.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended