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The protesters then moved to Pasupati flyover, causing road closure and traffic congestion. After
a few minutes, the protesters began to disperse and the traffic returned to normal.
Also read : Indonesian Police Anticipate Labor Protests Against Jobs Bill However, some
protesters remained to stay at the legislative council building. And in the afternoon, the protest
tensions heated up. Some were seen throwing objects towards the police on the other side of
the fences of the legislative council building. The situation became relatively calm during the
Maghrib prayer. But after the prayer, the tensions began to heat up again.

The police tried to calm the crowd and urge them to disperse. However, the protesters became
increasingly violent and pushed the fences of the legislative building. The chaos was inevitable
and the police fired teargas at protesters, urging them to back off. The protesters fled in various
directions and some threw stones at the police vehicle.

"Please restraint yourselves from being an anarchist," urged the police officer through
loudspeakers.
The tensions continued until 18:45pm local time. The barricades set up by the police gradually
began to push back the demonstrators.

Meanwhile in Serang, Banten the chaos started as the police urged the college students to
disperse after the time limit was ended. However, the students ignored the police, starting to
throw stones and fireworks at the police. The police then fired teargas at the crowd.

Also read : Indonesian Government Coalition Set to Pass Controversial Jobs Bill Some policemen
were injured because they were hit by stones. One of them was the head of Banten Police
Operations Bureau Police Commissioner (Kombes) Amiludin Roemtaat who was wounded on the
forehead.

"This is so usual. A stone was thrown at me during the protest," Roemtaat told journalists while
showing his wound.

"We arrested some protestors. [I tell my team] not to hit them. And stones were thrown at me,
instead," Roemtaat added.

One of the protestors who is known as Arman said the new omnibus law on job creation must
be revoked because it does not support labor.

"The omnibus law on job creation is dangerous for the people and all of us in the future," said
Arman in his speech.

The House of Representatives voted on Monday to pass the job creation bill into law which aims
to improve the investment climate in Indonesia despite labor unions were against it.

(Writers: Agie Permadi, Rasyid Ridho | Editor: Abba Gabrillin) Sources:
https://regional.kompas.com/read/2020/10/06/21120411/demo-di-bandung-ricuh-dan-
mencekam-mobil-polisi-dirusak?page=2 .

https://regional.kompas.com/read/2020/10/06/20353391/unjuk-rasa-mahasiswa-di-banten-
berakhir-ricuh-pejabat-polisi-terluka?page=2 .

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