Protests have broken out in different parts of Indonesia and have grown increasingly violent and chaotic, even deadly. Erin Cook, a journalist for Southeast Asian Affairs based in Jakarta shares her views on how demonstrations over the government's spending policies escalated after the accidental death of a food delivery rider and where we are today.

Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Jake Lim

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam, Shazana Mokhtar

This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  politics,  government,  international,  corruption,  Law/Activism,  controversies

Tags:  tiktok live,  politicians' allowances,  indonesia,  protests,  prabowo subianto,