FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator sets up scarecrows for keeping social distancing during a protest outside the Indonesian Parliament against commemorating National Farmer's day and the cancellation of an ''omnibus'' bill, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police arrested 23 protesters in two industrial areas of Java island, using tear gas and water cannon as thousands across the country demonstrated against a new jobs law that critics say weakens worker rights and environmental regulation.
Edy Sumardi, a police spokesman in Banten on Java island, said on Wednesday that 14 demonstrators had been arrested in the province west of Jakarta during protests on Tuesday that continued into the evening.
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