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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Indonesian students decry wasteful state spending - Caught on Camera

Indonesian university students hold up anti-Prabowo placards (“negara buta” means “blind nation”) during a demonstration against “wasteful” state budget spending in Jakarta on June 12, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)

JAKARTA - Hundreds of Indonesian students rallied in Jakarta on Friday to protest against the spending priorities of President Prabowo Subianto’s government, and to oppose this week’s decision to raise petrol prices.

Calling the rally “Heading to Bankrupt Indonesia”, university students marched towards central Jakarta’s iconic Bundaran HI landmark. Organisers said some of the ​protesters were blocked from reaching the ⁠designated site by police and military personnel.

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