JAKARTA: Demonstrations over the outcome of last month’s presidential election gripped the heart of Indonesia’s capital after an overnight face-off between police and protesters in which, according to Jakarta’s governor, six people were killed.
The protests followed an announcement before dawn on Tuesday by the election commission confirming that President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi as he is known, had beaten his challenger, former general Prabowo Subianto, in the April 17 poll.
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