Pushing for change: Students from several universities protesting against the parliament’s plan to purchase 65 SUVs for lawmakers at the National University of East Timor in Dili. — AFP
Local police fired tear gas at protesters railing for the second day against a plan to buy new official cars for lawmakers, which became the latest flashpoint in one of the poorest nations in South-East Asia.
More than 2,000 people – mostly students from several universities in the capital Dili – gathered near the National Parliament to protest the plan to procure cars for each of the 65 members of parliament.
