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Indonesia to review minimum wage rules after protests over fuel price hike

A person holding Indonesian flags stands in front of the police barricades during a protest against the government's recent fuel price hike decision outside the National Monument complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Indonesia will review minimum wage and other labour rules, the president's office said on Tuesday, after trade unions staged nation-wide protests against a recent hike in petrol prices that they say has come even as incomes stagnate.

President Joko Widodo raised subsidised fuel prices in Southeast Asia's largest economy by 30% earlier this month to rein in a spiralling energy subsidy budget, sparking protests by workers and students across the country.

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