Jakarta – Thousands of demonstrators opposing the newly-endorsed job development law got away from Harmoni Intersection to Gajah Mada and Hayam Wuruk Streets on Thursday night as cops fired tear gas to disperse them.
Cops continued to lob tear gas at protestors to break them up, ANTARA reported.
The rally’s organizers, on board two command cars, urged demonstrators to stay put and not run away.
” Stay calm, our good friends. Do not run away. A number of our buddies are being detained by the authorities,” one coordinator said.
Numerous thousand demonstrators, including students, likewise attempted to stage a protest in front of PT Pelni Head Office.
Some students on motorbikes appeared to take their injured buddies far from the scene.
Access to Harmoni Crossway was closed at 1 p.m. as demonstrators blocked Juanda, Gajah Mada, and Hayam Wuruk Streets.
The workers were planning to express their views at the rally on Thursday, however had to abandon their strategies.
A number of protesters, including employees and trainees, have actually required to the streets in significant Indonesian cities in the past couple of days to protest the passage of the job creation expense into law by the Legislature (DPR) in Jakarta on Monday night.
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