Indonesian police (Source: AFP) Jakarta (VNA) – Sixpeople died and 200 others were injured in civil unrest in the Indonesiancapital of Jakarta, its governor Anies Baswedan said on May 22 after theelection commission announced the final result of the presidential election.
Hospitals wereconducting post-mortems to determine the cause of the deaths, he said.
Post-election protests took place in a peaceful and orderly manner at first,but they then turned violent on May 21, forcing the police to shoot tear gas todisperse the groups who supported the defeated presidential candidate PrabowoSubianto.
Some 20 protesters were arrested by the police during the clashes.
Protesters burned down a police housing facility and several vehicles in KSTubun Street in central Jakarta in the morning.
The Indonesian Government has mobilised some 40,000 policemen and militarystaff to maintain security in Jakarta.
Earlier, the General Election Commission officially announced Joko Widodo wasre-elected for the second term after he won 55.5 percent of votes, compared tothe 44.5 percent for his rival, former general Subianto.
However, Subiantoand his running mate Sandiaga Uno said that they would not accept the resultand planned to take their dispute to the Constitutional Court.
The Indonesian election was held on April 17 to select the president, vicepresident, and more than 20,000 local and national lawmakers. The presidentialrace pit incumbent President Joko Widodo against retired general Subianto.–VNA
Post-election protests took place in a peaceful and orderly manner at first,but they then turned violent on May 21, forcing the police to shoot tear gas todisperse the groups who supported the defeated presidential candidate PrabowoSubianto.
Some 20 protesters were arrested by the police during the clashes.
Protesters burned down a police housing facility and several vehicles in KSTubun Street in central Jakarta in the morning.
The Indonesian Government has mobilised some 40,000 policemen and militarystaff to maintain security in Jakarta.
Earlier, the General Election Commission officially announced Joko Widodo wasre-elected for the second term after he won 55.5 percent of votes, compared tothe 44.5 percent for his rival, former general Subianto.
However, Subiantoand his running mate Sandiaga Uno said that they would not accept the resultand planned to take their dispute to the Constitutional Court.
The Indonesian election was held on April 17 to select the president, vicepresident, and more than 20,000 local and national lawmakers. The presidentialrace pit incumbent President Joko Widodo against retired general Subianto.–VNA
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