Calm returns to Jakarta after unrest

Back to normal: Indonesian workers cleaning a road outside the Election Oversight Body following a clash between protesters and police a day earlier in Jakarta. — AFP

JAKARTA: Calm returned to the streets of the Indonesian capital after a second night of clashes between security forces and protesters angry about the outcome of last month’s election, which handed President Joko Widodo a second term.

Downtown areas of the capital became a battlefield with tear gas, rubber bullets, rocks and firecrackers overnight.