Mass protest against fuel hike in Indonesia

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 AFP | March 22, 2012

JAKARTA  – Thousands of Indonesians protested across the country Wednesday against a proposed fuel hike, with violence which broke out in one city injuring a policeman, police said.

Around 4,000 workers protested “peacefully” in front of the state palace in the capital, Jakarta police spokesman Rikwanto told AFP.

“There was some pushing and shoving because so many people were packed but the protest went without incident,” he said.

But in the North Sumatra provincial capital of Medan, about 300 students brought down an iron gate in front of the provincial parliament building and threw rocks and motorcycle helmets at police, an AFP correspondent saw.

“A policeman suffered serious injuries on his eyebrow and head and was taken to the hospital. Thirty students were detained by police for questioning,” Medan city police chief Monang Situmorang told reporters.

“The brutal act by the students was intolerable. We will thoroughly investigate this matter,” he added. Read more…

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