Death of delivery driver sparks nationwide riots with citizens taking to streets in Jakarta, Medan, and Surabaya while lawmakers enjoy huge perks and military moves in
Indonesia is falling apart. It did not happen overnight. Years of corruption, poverty, and heavy-handed government have pushed people to the edge. Lawmakers gave themselves huge housing allowances, ten to twenty times higher than the minimum wage, while millions of people struggle to survive in low-paying gig jobs. When 21-year-old delivery driver Affan Kurniawan was …