Delivery Driver’s Death Unleashes Rage at Indonesia’s Elites

A protester carries looted goods in front of police headquarters that was set on fire, during demonstrations in Surabaya on Aug. 31.Photographer: Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images

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

At that moment an armored police vehicle slammed into the 21-year-old motorcycle taxi driver, pinning him under its front tires. 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.