Riots have erupted across Indonesia. Will the trend spread to other countries?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/29/why-are-antigovernment-protests-taking-place-in-indonesia
The riots are the culmination of months of economic and political frustration.
They follow reports that 580 parliamentarians receive a monthly housing allowance of 50 million rupiah ($3,000) in addition to their salaries. The allowance, introduced last year, is almost 10 times the Jakarta minimum wage and about 20 times the monthly minimum wage in poor areas of the country.
Police and members of parliament are widely perceived as being corrupt by the populace of more than 280 million people.
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