Thousands hit the streets to mark May Day in Indonesia
Thousands of workers marched through the streets of several Indonesian cities on Thursday to mark International Labour Day, demanding higher wages and opposing the so-called outsourcing practices in the country. In the capital Jakarta, more than 15,000 police officers were deployed, backed by water cannons, to monitor thousands of protestors from a number of labour organizations marching through the city’s streets, said Jakarta city police spokesman I Ketut Untung Yoga Ana. Full Story