On October 8 the police and demonstrators disputed in the Indonesian capital even on the third consecutive day of protests and labour strikes against a polarising new jobs law upheld in South-east Asia’s largest economy earlier this week. A large number of demonstrators assembled near the presidential palace in central Jakarta, shouting and throwing pebbles on the president's property. To control the demonstrators' police had fired tear gas and water cannon in an attempt to disseminate the crowd, Reuters witnesses said.
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When the “omnibus” jobs creation Bill, approved into law on Monday then thousands of people throughout the world’s fourth-most populous nation come up to the streets in revolt against legislation they say that in the new law government has undermined labour rights and weakens environmental protections. Mr Maulana Syarif a 45-year man who has worked at Astra Honda motors for 25 years, told “This is our struggle for our children and grandchildren and our future generations... If it’s like this our well-being will decrease, and we will lack job certainty.”
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Even in the past two days, more than 800 people have been imprisoned in the capital as said by Jakarta police spokesman Yusri Yunus. At least two students that joined the rallies have been hospitalised with head injuries along with this six police officers are also been injured. A demonstrator Arwinda Kartika said that “I feel a responsibility to the Indonesian people,” Kartika, as she marched toward the palace.“I feel sorry for labourers working day and night without sufficient wages or power.” The operator of Jakarta’s MRT rail network said underground stations had been closed.
