Jakarta: More than 500 people were arrested after clashes in Indonesia’s capital amid nationwide protests against a raft of divisive reforms – including banning premarital sex and weakening the anti-graft agency – authorities said.
Yesterday’s arrests came after a night of pitched street battles between riot police and stone-throwing protesters – many high school and university students – in Jakarta.
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