Dozens arrested in Indonesia after anti-government protest turns violent

Indonesian police have arrested dozens of protesters following a rally against President Prabowo Subianto’s policies in the country’s second-largest city, a rights group said on Saturday.Around 100 people gathered near a government building in Surabaya on Friday, journalists on the scene estimated, to protest a fuel price increase and Prabowo’s flagship free meals scheme.Some demonstrators hurled rocks towards police and set fire to rubbish in the middle of the road, prompting officers to arrest them, the reporters said.A student throws a box that has been set on fire at riot police during a protest in Surabaya on Friday. Photo: AFPFatkul Khoir, a coordinator at rights group Surabaya" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="153678" data-entity-type="organization">KontraS Surabaya, said on Saturday that 24 protesters were arrested.