ASEANEWS HEADLINE-POLITICS | INDONESIA: Military deployment against student protest draws flak
Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel (center) stand guard behind police personnel to block the path of students protesting demanding a reduction in fuel prices and the dissolution of President Prabowo Subianto’s free nutritious meal program, which they consider to be a hotbed of corruption, on June 12 in Jakarta. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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WATCH LIVE: Thousands of Students have joined in massive anti govt protest in Indonesian capital Jakarta. Students protesting a range of government policies, including state spending, fuel price hikes, a free meals programme and an expanded military role in civilian affairs.
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Protesters are challenging government economic policies, spending priorities and military involvement in civilian affairs. Separate demonstrations are scheduled at the HI Roundabout and Jakarta State University.
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T he deployment of Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel against a student protest denouncing wasteful state spending drew criticism from protesters and civil society groups, who said that crowd control falls outside the mandate of defense forces.
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Students from universities across Greater Jakarta, led by University of Indonesia’s student union BEM UI, planned to stage a rally at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Friday.
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But police officers intercepted their buses en route and directed them to hold the rally at the Senayan Legislative Complex instead.
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The students then disembarked and marched several kilometers toward the traffic circle in the heart of the capital.
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However, just 400 meters from the traffic circle, they were blocked by four layers of security cordon.
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The frontmost barricade consisted of lines of police officers, with military personnel positioned directly behind them in a second layer.
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The presence of TNI personnel in green uniforms is a rare sight at protests and left students concerned.
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“We feel intimidated when confronted by the police and the military.
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We only want to make our voices heard,” Anandaku Dimas Chattaristo, one of UI protesters, said in the rally on Friday.
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Maretha Uli
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Mon, June 15, 2026
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