JAKARTA, Aug 19 — Protesters in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua set fire to tyres and torched a local parliament building today after a demonstration against the recent detention of scores of Papuan students, according to media reports and an official.
The spark for the latest anger appears to have been the detention of scores of Papuan students in Surabaya, East Java, for bending a flagpole in front of a dormitory during the celebration of Indonesia's Independence Day on Aug. 17, according to Papuan activists. This morning, Papuan protesters set fire to a local parliament building and blocked streets in the provincial capital of West Papua, Manokwari, by burning tyres and tree branches, Deputy Governor Mohamad Lakotani said.
Television footage showed a group of about 150 people marching on the streets in Manokwari, as well as footage of smoke billowing from a parliament building.
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