Minister Sees Political Motive as Fresh Protests Hit Indonesia
- Some groups using unrest as cover to foil Jokowi inauguration
- Government expects fresh wave of protests, Wiranto says
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Indonesian cities were swept by a fresh wave of protests against a series of controversial laws, which a senior minister said was being used as cover by some groups to disrupt the inauguration of President Joko Widodo for a second term.
Thousands of students took to the streets in Jakarta, Surabaya and Southeast Sulawesi on Thursday as part of a fourth straight day of civil action. They are demanding the parliament drop proposed changes to the criminal code that seek to outlaw sex outside of marriage, infringe on gay rights and curb freedom of expression, and are calling for a law that has weakened the nation’s anti-graft agency to be annulled.