Protests rock Indonesia: Finance minister’s home looted amid unrest; MPs’ residences also targeted by angry mobs

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As protest rage at police extends to politicians, soldiers securing Indonesia’s finance minister’s home reported to AFP on Sunday that the house was robbed overnight. Since the death of motorbike taxi driver Affan Kurniawan, who was run over by police during a rally against financial incentives for MPs, protests have shaken Southeast Asia’s largest economy in major cities.A major test for the former general less than a year into his term, the protests are the bloodiest under Prabowo Subianto’s administration, and several members of parliament are also enraged.The home of Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in South Tangerang, a city that borders the capital Jakarta, was looted in two waves early on Sunday, Damianus Rudolf, a neighbor, told AFP.There were dozens of motorcycles with two or three riders each in the initial wave of looters. There were about 150 people in the second group,” the 34-year-old told AFP.”They looted a television, sound system, living room decorations, clothes, plates, and bowls.”According to state news agency Antara, which cited two witnesses, Sri Mulyani was not inside the residence when the crime happened.She is a powerful individual who has been the finance minister for three different presidents and was the managing director of the World Bank. On Sunday afternoon, as soldiers guarded her home, an AFP journalist noticed vehicles removing some items from the property. The homes of a number of other MPs, including Ahmad Sahroni of the NasDem party, which is part of Prabowo’s ruling coalition, have also been robbed in recent days. On Saturday night, Antara said, crowds stormed the home and destroyed items, including a car. According to local media, which cited a witness, Nafa Urbach, a lawmaker from the NasDem party, had his home looted early on Sunday.Lawmaker Eko Hendro Purnomo’s home was overrun by a mob on Saturday evening, according to Antara. Other large cities, such as Medan in the province of North Sumatra, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Semarang, and Surabaya in Java, have also seen protests.