Student Rally Turns Violent Near Parliament Complex
Jakarta. Students stage a rally in front of the House Representatives building in Central Jakarta on Monday to protest the rumored amendment of the Constitution to allow a third presidential term.
A clash between protesters and riot police broke as tension escalated near the main gate of the legislature compound on Jalan Gatot Subroto.
Riot police used teargas and water cannon to disperse the protesters, many of them seemed too old to be students.
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