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Indonesian police reveal broader plot behind protests

The Indonesian police on May 27 revealed a broader plot behind protests that turned violent in Jakarta last week, after the General Election Commission announced the final results of presidential and parliament election 2019.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Indonesian police on May 27revealed a broader plot behind protests that turned violent in Jakarta lastweek, after the General Election Commission announced the final results ofpresidential and parliament election 2019.

Four state-ranking figures and a pollster executive were targetedfor assassination.

Spokesperson of the National Police Muhammad Iqbal refusedto disclose identities of the targeted figures, but said they did not includePresident Joko Widodo.

He added that six suspects, including one woman, have beenimplicated in the plot, in which firearms had been bought and sold, with a lotof money distributed to carry out the plan.

The suspects have been arrested and charged under a 1951emergency law covering possession and delivery of illegal firearms, and couldface life imprisonment if convicted.

According to him, the order to kill came from someone whoseidentity is known to authorities.

The protest killed at least eight people and injured over700 others.

Security has been tightened in the capital since early lastweek. –VNA

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