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Indonesia deploys hundreds of security staff ahead of Jakarta student protests

South China Morning Post28 October 2026, 04:43 UTCIndonesia

Hundreds of Indonesian security personnel ⁠were deployed on ⁠Wednesday in anticipation ⁠of student protests against several of President Prabowo Subianto’s policies, as well as his government’s handling of forest fires. Students from the University of Indonesia ‌said they were set to stage protests in several spots in the capital Jakarta. They are calling on the government to declare the ongoing wildfires in Sumatra and Borneo a national disaster, and to halt spending ⁠on populist programmes...

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