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🇮🇩 Indonesian groups call off protests on Monday, citing heightened security Indonesian students and civil society groups called off protests in Jakarta on Monday after a week of escalating anger over lawmakers' pay and the police response, citing fears of heightened security measures after deadly riots across the country on the weekend. The protests began a week ago, and have spread nationwide, escalating in size and intensity after a police vehicle hit and killed a motorcycle taxi driver on Thursday night. Eight people have died in the protests, chief economic minister Airlangga Hartarto said on Monday. On Sunday, President Prabowo Subianto said political parties had agreed to cut lawmakers' benefits, in an attempt to calm the protests, and also ordered the military and police to act against rioters and looters after homes of political party members and state buildings were ransacked or set ablaze. #Indonesia @asianomics