A motorcycle driver, Pendi Nasir, 43, was among them and called for a transparent investigation from the police over the death of the driver, Affan Kurniawan.
“We don’t want our colleagues here to become victims of this riot again,” he told Reuters, calling for action against those at fault.
Stand-up comedian Aci Resti attended a protest at the parliament against housing allowance for lawmakers.
“I’m here to voice the opinions of my friends, who are fed up with everything, with the members of the House of Representatives, with everything, with the government,” she said.
Protesters were undeterred by earlier remarks by Prabowo calling for calm, expressing condolences for Affan Kurniawan’s death and ordering a thorough probe of the incident.
“I am shocked and disappointed by the excessive actions of the officers,” Prabowo, whose presidency nears its one year anniversary in October, said in a video message.
“I have ordered a thorough and transparent investigation … and officers involved must be held accountable.”
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