{"id":2524,"date":"2025-09-02T20:40:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T20:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/indonesias-president-to-go-ahead-with-china-trip-despite-protests\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T20:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T20:40:36","slug":"indonesias-president-to-go-ahead-with-china-trip-despite-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/indonesias-president-to-go-ahead-with-china-trip-despite-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia\u2019s president to go ahead with China trip despite protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Prabowo Subianto will join international leaders to attend the Victory Day parade in Beijing after initiating canceling his trip.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has left for China to attend a Victory Day parade after initially cancelling due to days of massive protests against rising inequality, his presidential spokesperson Prasetyo Hadi said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Indonesian president will join more than 25 leaders \u2013 including North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un and Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin \u2013 to attend Wednesday\u2019s parade<\/a> in Beijing\u2019s Tiananmen Square to mark 8the 0th anniversary of Japan\u2019s defeat in World War II.<\/p>\n

Prabowo is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for talks during his visit, his spokesperson added on Tuesday. He will fly back home on September 3.<\/p>\n

Indonesia was rocked by widespread protests<\/a>, which left at least six dead and over 20 missing according to rights groups.<\/p>\n

The protests began in the capital Jakarta last week, against a range of cost-of-living issues and anger boiled over after the killing of a motorcycle taxi driver who was hit by a police vehicle during a demonstration in the capital.<\/p>\n

Protesters have attacked the headquarters of the police mobile brigade and set fire to a five-storey building near the police compound in the Kwitang neighbourhood of central Jakarta.<\/p>\n

Demonstrations have also taken place in other cities across the country, including Surabaya, Solo, Yogyakarta, Medan, Makassar, Manado, Bandung, and Manokwari in the easternmost Papua region.<\/p>\n

Protestors also attacked the home of Indonesia\u2019s finance minister, as well as other lawmakers\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n

\u2018Thorough and transparent investigation\u2019<\/h2>\n

On Friday, President Subianto promised to investigate the death of the gig motorcycle driver Affan Kurniawan, and expressed his \u201cdeepest condolences and sympathy\u201d on behalf of the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have ordered the last night\u2019s incident to be thoroughly and transparently investigated, and that the officers involved be held accountable,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

To address the protestors\u2019 economic concerns, the country\u2019s government cut financial perks for lawmakers on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe parliament leadership conveyed that they would revoke several policies, including the amount of allowance for lawmakers, and a moratorium on overseas visits,\u201d President Subianto said, without specifying which allowance he was referring to.<\/p>\n

But speaking out against the protests over economic woes on Sunday, the president said some actions in rallies that have spread across the country in recent days amounted to treason and \u201cterrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rights to peaceful assembly should be respected and protected. But we cannot deny that there are signs of actions outside the law, even against the law, even leaning towards treason and terrorism,\u201d he said in a speech at the presidential palace in the capital Jakarta.<\/p>\n

Indonesia will take strong action against \u201crioters and looters\u201d, the country\u2019s defence minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin told a news conference on Sunday, after the homes of several politicians were ransacked as anti-government protests spread across the country. The country\u2019s armed forces were also deployed to the capital to tighten security.<\/p>\n

While the protest rallies have become smaller in recent days after the lawmaker perks were revoked and the military was deployed on Monday in a show of force, Rights groups have said Prabowo\u2019s olive branch from parliament did not go far enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president\u2019s statement was insensitive to all the complaints and aspirations that the people were voicing during the demonstrations,\u201d Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe state should respond to demands from various groups of people with a series of comprehensive policy changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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