JAKARTA (ANN): As riots escalated in the capital on Wednesday morning, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said that six people had died as of 9am.
“Six people have died so far. Two at Tarakan Hospital and then at Pelni, Budi Kemulyaan, Cipto Mangunkusumo and RSAL Mintoharjo hospitals,” he said.
“In total, six people had died and 200 sustained injuries as of 9am,” he added.
In a public address, Anies said he had gone to Tarakan Hospital in Central Jakarta earlier in the morning to check on the injured protesters.
“Tarakan Hospital received the largest number of patients as of this morning. Around 80 injured protesters were brought in this morning. Meanwhile, around 70 injured protesters were admitted to Pelni Hospital in West Jakarta,” he said.
Anies called on the protesters to maintain public order and safety to prevent more deaths and injuries.
“Please protest in a peaceful and orderly manner. I also urge law enforcement personnel to practice restraint to avoid any unwanted conflicts with the protesters,” he said.
Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2019/05/22/six-dead-200-injured-in-jakarta-riot/
Prabowo is the mastermind behind all these nonsense???!!!!!!!
JAKARTA - Indonesia's national police have named 10 new suspects accused of spreading online hoaxes linked to street violence in the capital city last week, following the announcement of the official presidential election result.
Police have also arrested a politician from the election campaign team of presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto as a suspect in charge of distributing information that added to tensions last week.
More at https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-police-names-10-new-suspects-related-to-online-hoaxes-linked-to-last-weeks
Looks like Prabowo is hell bent on stirring shit and watching the world burn till he gets his way.........
Losing Indonesian candidate challenges election in court
Jakarta: The defeated candidate in Indonesia's presidential election has filed a challenge against the result in the country's top court, just days after seven people died in rioting by his supporters in the capital.
The legal move is the latest step in what analysts say has been a months long campaign by former General Prabowo Subianto to discredit the election.
Members of his campaign including his brother, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, arrived on Friday night at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta, where a large digital clock was counting down the time left for challenges to the election. The court has a month to make its judgment.
Official results released Tuesday by the Election Commission showed President Joko Widodo won 55.5 per cent of the votes in the April 17 poll, in line with preliminary counts on election day.
Subianto, who also lost to Widodo in 2014, has declared himself the winner and alleged massive fraud but provided no credible evidence.
The election supervisory agency earlier this week rejected Subianto's complaint about the election's integrity after evidence of vote rigging provided by his team consisted of printouts of online articles.
Police say the 24 hours of rioting that started Tuesday night in Jakarta was orchestrated. Tens of thousands of police and soldiers remain on high alert in the capital.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/losing-indonesian-candidate-challenges-election-in-court-20190525-p51r4h.html
No worries....all will go chope seat to break fast at 7pm....no time to fight liao
Opportunistic mobs. Jokowi should declare a curfew and issue a shoot-on-sight order. Let's see then if these clowns still wanna play monkeys.
Sigh......."Peace" and "Harmony" indeed.
Only six dead? Nah they need to rack up a much higher body count.