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Indonesia’s Prabowo scraps China trip over protests, TikTok halts live feed

Protesters wearing delivery and rideshare uniforms join a demonstration, as police hold positions behind their shields outside the Bali police station in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on Saturday [AFP]

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has cancelled a trip to China, as deadly antigovernment protests spread outside the capital, and social media platform TikTok suspended its live feature, citing concerns over the “increasing violence” in the Southeast Asian country.

The announcement by Prabowo’s spokesman came on Saturday as Indonesian authorities said that at least three people were killed in an arson attack on a parliament building in Makassar, the capital of the South Sulawesi province, on the previous day.

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