Indonesia braces for more protests against major law changes

JAKARTA - Hundreds of Indonesians gathered in several major centres across the archipelago on Thursday as authorities braced for more violent opposition to a major overhaul of the criminal code.

Police shot tear gas into crowds of mostly high school students in the centre of the capital, while a mass of students stormed and occupied the local parliament building in Padang city on Sumatra island. There has also been a backlash against a separate Bill that critics fear would dilute the powers of Indonesia's corruption-fighting agency - known as the KPK - including its ability to wire-tap graft suspects.

Some were still being held after police found knives and other sharp weapons in their possession, he added.

Police threw rocks towards student who demonstrated that night! How cool is that?

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