Indonesia Sudden Riots! Large Crowds Rush onto the Streets to Fight with Police, the Parliament Building is Set on Fire, the Scene is Like Hell, Will the "Anti-Chinese Massacre" Happen Again?

Recently, riots broke out in multiple cities across Indonesia, thousands of people rushed onto the streets and fought with the police. Video footage shows that protesters in Jakarta threw stones and Molotov cocktails at the police in the middle of the road, while the police used tear gas, high-pressure water cannons, and armored vehicles to suppress them. In Surabaya, protesters directly set fire to the parliament building, and under the night sky, the entire building was engulfed in a fierce fire, the scene was like being in hell.

According to foreign media reports, as of August 30 local time, traffic in Jakarta has been paralyzed, and the police have arrested more than 300 people.

The cause of this protest was that someone exposed that the monthly income of a member of parliament reached nearly 100 million Indonesian rupiah (about 43,000 RMB), and the housing allowance alone was 50 million Indonesian rupiah (about 21,600 RMB), while the average monthly income of ordinary citizens was only 3 million Indonesian rupiah (about 1,350 RMB), a difference of more than 30 times. This sparked a relatively small-scale public livelihood protest. However, on the 28th, a motorcycle ride-hailing driver was hit and run over by a police armored vehicle near the protest site and eventually died. This directly led to the full escalation of the protest. Now most of the protests have turned into a condemnation of the excessive use of force by the police. Even though Indonesian President Prabowo ordered a thorough investigation of the incident and strict punishment for the perpetrators, it could not calm the anger of the people.

However, there are also reports that there are external organizers behind the protests, and some people are giving money to troublemakers, each person entering Jakarta for the protest can get 50,000 Indonesian rupiah (about 21.6 RMB), which has attracted many young people. It seems that Chinese people and Chinese in Indonesia should pay attention to protecting their own safety, to prevent the troublemakers from shifting their target and venting their anger on the Chinese, leading to the tragedy of the "Indonesian Anti-Chinese Massacre" in 1998 happening again.

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