Indonesian students protest government policies as economic pressures grow

Hundreds of Indonesian students protested in Jakarta, demanding lower fuel and food prices and urging President Prabowo Subianto to cut costly state spending as economic pressures rise. Fuel prices surged 32% this week, and the rupiah hit a historic low, prompting demonstrators to resist police attempts to divert them from a key business district. Similar protests occurred in Bandung and Pontianak.