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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.

Hundreds of Indonesian students protested in Jakarta, demanding lower fuel and food prices and cuts to state spending programs amid rising economic pressures. Authorities blocked the march to the presidential palace, deploying over 6,000 police and soldiers, while protesters criticized President Prabowo Subianto for denying the economic crisis and called for an end to military influence in civilian affairs.

Hundreds of Indonesian students protested in Jakarta, demanding lower fuel and food prices and cuts to state spending as economic pressures rise. They also called for halting government programs like free nutritious meals and rural revitalization, and criticized the military's expanding role in civilian affairs.