OFFICERS INVOLVED IN RIDER’S DEATH “COULD BE DISHONOURABLY DISCHARGED”
The crisis has forced Prabowo to cancel a planned trip to China this week for a military parade commemorating the end of World War II.
At least three people were killed after a fire Friday, started by protesters, at a council building in the eastern city of Makassar.
Another victim died in Makassar on Friday after he was beaten by a mob on suspicion that he was an intelligence officer, local disaster agency official Muhammad Fadli Tahar told AFP on Sunday.
In Yogyakarta, the Amikom Yogyakarta University confirmed the death of its student Rheza Sendy Pratama in protests, but the circumstances around his death remain unclear.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati confirmed in an Instagram post that she was a victim of the looters. She called on people not to loot, and apologised for the government’s shortcomings.
The protests and violence have unsettled financial markets, with the stock market falling more than 3 per cent in opening trades on Monday.
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said the economy was fundamentally solid and would get a boost from a planned incentive package. Airlangga said eight people have died in the protests, Reuters reported.
Meanwhile, Agus Wijayanto, head of the accountability bureau at the National Police, told reporters an investigation had found criminal acts committed by two officers involved the death of the motorcyle taxi rider Affan Kurniawan – the driver of the armoured vehicle, and the officer next to him.
They “could be dishonourably discharged”, said Agus, adding their ethics trial would take place on Wednesday.
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