Indonesian police arrest dozens of people after an anti-government protest in Surabaya, the country’s second-largest city, turns violent. Multiple outlets report that around 100 protesters gather near a government building on Friday to protest a fuel price increase and President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals scheme. Rights group accounts cited by one outlet say police detain dozens of protesters on Saturday.
According to现场 reporting, some demonstrators throw rocks at police and set rubbish on fire in the middle of the road. The unrest prompts officers to respond, and arrests follow. The reporting attributes the protest’s focus to economic and government policy measures, specifically fuel costs and the administration’s free meals program.
While the accounts agree on the scale of the gathering, the stated grievances, and the violent incidents involving protesters and police, they do not provide a consistent breakdown of charges or the exact number of arrests across sources. The reports emphasize that the action is linked to the rally in Surabaya.
