Protests in many Indonesian cities in October 2020 turned violent as thousands of students and workers criticized a new law that they believed would weaken labor rights and damage the environment. The government said it would not tolerate actions that damaged public facilities or involved physical attacks on police or citizens. While some protests were peaceful, others included protesters throwing bricks at police and irresponsible individuals taking anarchist actions.
Protests in many Indonesian cities in October 2020 turned violent as thousands of students and workers criticized a new law that they believed would weaken labor rights and damage the environment. The government said it would not tolerate actions that damaged public facilities or involved physical attacks on police or citizens. While some protests were peaceful, others included protesters throwing bricks at police and irresponsible individuals taking anarchist actions.
Protests in many Indonesian cities in October 2020 turned violent as thousands of students and workers criticized a new law that they believed would weaken labor rights and damage the environment. The government said it would not tolerate actions that damaged public facilities or involved physical attacks on police or citizens. While some protests were peaceful, others included protesters throwing bricks at police and irresponsible individuals taking anarchist actions.
According to the text, what happened in October 2020?
A protester prepares to throw a brick at police trying to stop a rally from advancing towards the Presidential Palace in Jakarta Why was the protest carried out? The protest was carried out because of their termination that the laws made would paralyze labor rights and damage the environment. In your opinion, why did the protest turn into violence? This happened due to irresponsible persons carrying out anarchic actions D. READING AND WRITING SKILLS 3 EXERCISE a. Fact Protests in many Indonesian cities have turned violent as thousands of enraged students and workers criticize a new law that they say will cripple labor rights and harm the environment. Mohammad Mahfud, told a televised news conference late Thursday that the government would not tolerate any action of damaging public facilities and physical attacks on police and community members. The government to carry out legal proceedings against all perpetrators and actors who ride on these anarchist and criminal actions. b. The information is a fact because at every demonstration held in our country, people act anarchically so that the police and local government act decisively to stop it. However, there are people who are not responsible for their actions as a sign of disapproval of the new regulations made by the government. c. In my opinion, the demonstrator’s action should not have been carried out because the actions taken only harmed all parties, it was useless to voice their rights but anarchist actions were still being carried out. d. My own inference from 2 text is: “The police fired tear gas at the protesters and gave strict sanctions to those who burned several vehicles and damaged government buildings.”