JAKARTA - More than 80 university students in Indonesia's capital were being treated at a hospital Wednesday , a day after clashing with police during protests sparked by a new law that critics say cripples the country's anti-corruption agency.
By Wednesday morning, city officers were cleaning up rocks, plastic bottles, banners and other debris from the protest. The fallout from the new law, which underlines Indonesia's challenge in changing its graft-ridden image, has threatened the credibility of President Joko Widodo, who recently won a second term after campaigning for clean governance.
Activists say the revision weakens the powers of one of the most credible public institutions in a country where the police and Parliament are perceived as being widely corrupt. Those demonstrating this week are demanding that Mr Joko issue a government regulation replacing the new law.