Protesters add a bicycle to a burning metro station during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. Thousands of enraged students and workers rallied across the country on Thursday in opposition to a new law they say will cripple labor rights and harm the environment. - AP
JAKARTA, Oct 10 (The Straits Times/ANN): The iconic Tugu Selamat Datang, or welcome monument, in Jakarta featuring bronze statues of a man and a woman waving warmly, was last week a scene of violent protests over a new sweeping "omnibus law" to reform tax and labour.
Plumes of black smoke leapt into the sky after a bus stop near the city's landmark roundabout, known as Bundaran HI, was set ablaze last Thursday (Oct 8).
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