Indonesia police use water cannon and teargas to disperse labour law protests

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A three-day national strike against the ‘omnibus’ job creation bill begins with clashes in Javan cities of Serang and Bandung
Indonesian police have used water cannon and teargas to disperse protesters rallying against a new jobs law in two cities on the island of Java, according to a police spokesman and media reports.
Thousands of workers and students had protested peacefully across the archipelago on Tuesday at the start of a three-day national strike against president Joko Widodo’s “omnibus” job creation bill, which was passed into law on Monday. Continue reading...

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