For context, TikTok live is one of the ways protestors document everything. This feature has been taken away from Indonesians, taking away their method of documentation
ID: Video of an area where protesters are being shot with flares. Many protesters can be seen running away in the background. The video captions: "Current situation they took away our TikTok lives"
! UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE BEING DETAINED WITHOUT REASON !
After the protest in 28 August 2025 caused a death of an innocent gojek worker (online delivery service driver) named Affan Kurniawan, a protest was planned the next day both enraged for the loss of a life and the inequalities we are facing. 29th of August 2025. They (police) are detaining university students without reason. People are disappearing, police are killing, and the house representatives went deaf. Hear us.
ID: Video of instagram stories of the protest in UI. There are screenshots posted with information, and the end is a video on the (unnamed) OP's current situation
ID: First instagram story from the video. It shows a parked car with the captions "preperation to kidnap university students" and "insane, no?" With the added location of Stasiun UI-Margonda
ID: Second screenshot from the video. It shows an informative screenshot that (unnamed) OP shared. The information is as goes:
Just now Alifa called, university students in Depok has been requested to leave. Police armoured vehicles have been spotted around a few times, said Alifa
The trains have been stopped in UI. Can't go home by train
Lots of cops around UI
ALL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GO HOME NOW. NO MORE ACTIVITIES AROUND UI
The instagram post has a caption from op saying "This is so chaotic honestly.."
ID: The third screenshot in the video showing a text message from a group. It goes as follows:
S: "My friends from the law majors got detained by the police because they were walking around with a UI keychain
stay safe ya'll"
OP: "WHAT? REALLY?"
S: "Cover up all identities [sobbing emoji]"
R: "OMGGG"
S, replying to R: "I swear"
S, replying to OP: "I SWEAR"
Maybe youv seen a lot of posts about protests breaking out in Indonesia or comments of Indonesians asking for you to listen
Or maybe iv been spamming tags. sorry
ANWYSAYD this post is for the people curious. Thank you <3
The summary of Indonesia's current situation (as of 31st August 2025, around 12:30PM)
There are large protests that has been happening. In 25th Aug and 28-30th Aug). Police and civilians has died, yet the government stays comfortable. They have successfully pitted us against each other, causing a lot of places burning and people breaking into places.
WHY are people protesting?
Tax increases
The land tax has been increased by 400%, some areas having 1000% increase in land tax
No increase in minimum wage.
Despite the tax increase, the HIGHEST minimum wage is still Rp. 5,000,000 monthly, with the lowest being RP. 2,000,000. monthly
Income inequality.
The DPR (house representatives) are being paid RP. 3,000,000 A DAY. The average Indonesian gets that money in ONE MONTH
Government corruption.
I will state the worst corruption case in here once more. The government owned gasoline company "Pertamina" has been proven to corrupt up to 193 TRILLIONrupiah
Rp. 193,000,000,000,000. TWELVE ZEROS??
Rising unemployment rates.
Despite President Prabowo's promise to decrease unemployment, many Indonesians are still jobless. No, we are not lazy. We are not under educated. Many Indonesians need to get a job as an ojol (ojek online/online delivery service) to keep themselves afloat
Threats to journalism.
Back in March 2025, the office of Tempo Media Group was sent a pigs head. It's a threat. This incident is has happened before in 1984, where a newspaper agency was sent a HUMAN HEAD.
Dismissal to the citizens complaints
The most recent example of this is in Pati. Their tax was increased by 250%, much to the peoples dismay. In response to disagreement, the regent challenged them. "Go ahead, protest. Bring 5000 people, 50000 people, I'm not afraid.
THAT and honestly they're so bad at public speaking.. like they're so sassy and "I'm above you all" YK??
Blocked access to bank accounts
In July, the government announced that accounts that hasn't been used for at least 3 months will be blocked. People will loose access to their accounts, basically. This was soon changed to accounts that has been inactive for 5 years, though it left a bad taste on our tongue
The death of an innocent
Protests from 29-31 August stem from anger. In 28th of August, a police armoured vehicle ran over innocent online delivery driver Affan Kurniawan. He was 21 years old, doing the job to get himself through college, the backbone of his family, he was on his last year of college, and he wasn't participating in the protest.
The police has only apologized to the victims family and said to buy them a new motorcycle. The people do not see this as just. A life for an apology and some cheap motorcycle? Are we serious?
What has happened:
Deaths from police and civilians.
They have successfully pitted us against each other, recreating another 1998. Our enemy is the government, not the working class.
Rise of racism and hate against minorities.
Anti-Chinese propaganda has been on the rise again. This was also a common tactic in 1998. People are raiding Chinese shops, harassing people of Chinese ethnicity, and so much more. Our enemy is the government, not the minorities.
Censorship in media.
Posts about protests are being suppressed by the algorithm, TikTok lives have been disabled in Indonesia, national channels aren't allowed to talk about protests.
Arson
Public facilities has burnt down. Most of them train and bust stops.
House representative buildings has also been incinerated.
Because of the fire, a lot of restaurants and/or houses around the area has also been damaged.
! PEOPLE ARE BEING PAID TO DESTROY PUBLIC SPACES !
They're trying to split us up. They're trying to make us fight each other instead of our main target: the DPR (house representatives)
Text translation:
Recorded perpetrator of the bus stop burnings, suddenly bringing ladders and gunpowder/gasoline (im unsure which word fits best, sorry)
Me and my friends are standby medics in the bus stop. There are victims, and suddenly men in batik and gojek jackets approached us (they're wearing brown pants, shiny boots, and are well built). They asked "Where from? Which part of Tangsel? Who did you bring with you?" Ect.
Literally while i was helping a victim who got hit by a bullet shell
Protesters are supposed to protects medics. Everyone's cohesive
If the bus stop is where the medics stay in suddenly bursts in flames, you know who caused it..
Audio translation:
No protesters are bringing ladders. Suddenly people appeared on motorcycles bringing ladders, destroying the bus stop, then pulling out gunpowder and lighting it up. These are oknums (person (used negatively)) biitchh! Don't slander us again you, you bitches. Everyone's slandering us- there are no protesters around here alright? Especially one bringing ladders on motorcycles bitch. Idiots.
ID: Text says "There are too many narrations that protesters are destroying public facility, when in REALITY this is what we do every time there are anything suspicious or people are throwing things. #acab #1312 #aparatkeparat". The background shows a lot of protesters in uniform, singing the words "be careful, be careful provocation!" over and over again.
Moreover on the reasons why protesters aren't the people burning down public facilities:
1. They are people who regularly use public facilities. Whether it be in the form of transportation, libraries, and everything else. A lot of protesters USE the public facilities as a means to go home AFTER PROTESTS! They would not want it destroyed
2. Plenty of protesters report that they have stopped at 6PM. They cleaned up the streets and finished as early as 7PM and was immediately on their way home
3. To burn down public facilities, you'd need a lot of planning, time, and resources poured into it. Ones the protesters wouldn't have. They wont even have a clear motive to do it, as stated in reason 1.
4. There are no proof that protesters burnt down the facilities. CCTV has been reported as downed during the time, the people couldn't stream their activities (giving less evidence on who burn those places down).
5. The demonstrations have been FORBIDDEN to be shown on national TV, yet the news of destroyed public facilities are everywhere.
6. There has been an incident similar to this back in 2020:
"62 menit pembakaran halte sarina"
https://youtu.be/Pfjjn0dk_iA?si=BTzpnTesVro2Sq0x
Back in 2020 during the "omnibus law protest", a bus stop was burnt down. Cops have already arrested four suspects of the arson. But, after deeper investigations, team Naration Newsroom found faces of the perpetrators very clearly. Zero of the perpetrators look similar to the four suspects in captivity.
After finding that information, team Naration Newsroom confronted Regional Police Metrodaya and confronted them with their findings. Mr. Kombes Yusri Yunus claims that "not all the perpetrators have been found and still in pursuit."
THEY ARRESTED FOUR INNOCENTS!
Screenshot translation
[07:15 AM, 8/29/2025] __ : Hello guys, there are news spreading on twitter. Police are now pretending to be professionals targeting Chinese-Indonesians, children, and the elderly to divert people's attention that in 98 the people fought with each other. Be careful
[07:15 AM, 8/29/2025] __ : There have been a lot of kids that's been victim to tear gas because it's being thrown around carelessly by the police
Forwarded message:
Guys they're near pademangan. They're attacking the Chinese-Indonesians
Original screenshot poster:
I'm so sorry for our Tionghoa friends i hope you're always protected. Keep protecting each other and becareful
Retweet:
FOR FRIENDS AND NATION
KEEP PROTECTING KEEP HELPING
PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE SUSCEPTIBLE, WHICH ARE DISABLED PEOPLE AND THE ELDERLY
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