Jakarta: Indonesian police fired water cannon in a bid to disperse a demonstration against Jakarta’s rule over the insurgency-hit eastern region of Papua, and rounded up scores of protesters.
About 150 protesters rallied in Jakarta to mark the anniversary of Papua’s 1961 declaration of independence, two years before Indonesia took control of the region from former colonial ruler the Netherlands.
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