A police spokesman said officer Cosmas K. Gae acted ‘unprofessionally’ during the protest, and described his behaviour as ‘reprehensible’

The protests across Indonesia were triggered by discontent over economic inequality and lavish lawmakers’ perks but widened when footage circulated of a paramilitary police vehicle running over and killing 21-year-old driver Affan Kurniawan on Thursday.

National police spokesman Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko said officer Cosmas K. Gae had acted “unprofessionally” during the protest.

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