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Delivery driver’s death unleashes Indonesia’s rage

Delivery driver’s death unleashes Indonesia’s rage

Deadly protests in nearly a dozen major cities were initially over rising costs of living, but are now a major test for President Prabowo Subianto.

Police officers cover themselves with riot shields as a protester throws rocks, outside the parliament in Jakarta on Sunday. AP

Caught up in a crowd of protesters while delivering food in Indonesia’s capital last week, Affan Kurniawan dropped his mobile phone and knelt down to pick it up.

At that moment an armoured police vehicle slammed into the 21-year-old motorcycle taxi driver, pinning him under its front tyres. As a crowd descended on the vehicle, the police officer hit the accelerator and ran over his body. Affan was rushed to a Jakarta hospital but didn’t survive.

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