JAKARTA - Hundreds of people from various social groups and students again besieged the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) building on Gatot Soebroto Street, Jakarta, on Thursday, August 28, 2025. The crowd arrived around 2:00 PM WIB (Western Indonesian Time). This time, the protesters were not laborers.
The crowd, from various social groups and students, arrived with their respective university flags and One Piece flags. Some students also wore their respective university alma maters.
VOI observed the protesters burning used tires right in front of the DPR RI building fence. Black smoke billowed into the air. Several explosions were also heard from the burning tires.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people confronted security forces closest to the DPR building gate. The situation remained peaceful.
Chants continued to be heard from outside the DPR building gate.
"Open the door, open the door, open the door now," the protesters shouted in unison.
The two main gates of the DPR fence were filled with protesters from various community groups and students.
Some vocational school students even began approaching the front of the DPR building via the Gatot Soebroto Street toll road.
There was no apparent tightening of security in front of the DPR building.
The crowd also threw bottles and lit flares at officers from outside the DPR/MPR building fence.
"Be careful, be careful of provocation," the students shouted.
The crowd also set off firecrackers, aiming them at the DPR area.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
