Protests escalated in multiple Indonesian cities on Friday evening, August 29th, 2025, with demonstrators damaging public facilities in Jakarta and Makassar. In Jakarta's Senen area, crowds reportedly damaged the Central Senen stop, throwing Molotov cocktails into the facility. In Makassar, protesters broke into the Makassar DPRD building, damaging and burning facilities and vehicles. The situation in Bandung was described as residents "surviving" as of 8:33 PM WIB, indicating widespread unrest. Details about the cause of the demonstrations were not immediately available in the provided sources, but hashtags suggest public discontent. One source from X (formerly Twitter) stated that the demonstration "increasingly heated up in the Senen area, Central Jakarta, Friday (8/29/2025) tonight." Another report confirmed that the "masses broke into the yard of the Makassar DPRD building Jl Pettarani tonight and damaged and burned the facilities and vehicles parked inside." There were calls for safety and awareness during the actions in Makassar, with one post urging people to "take care of your right and left."
