Eight people have died in violent protests that have rocked Indonesia since last week, as unrest builds over deep-seated dissatisfaction with President Prabowo Subianto ’s governance of the fourth most populous country in the world.

Across the Southeast Asian archipelago, demonstrators have torched government buildings , riot police have hurled tear gas and fired water cannons at protesters in city streets, and some people have looted politicians’ houses and burned vehicles.

Even the overcrowded tourist haunt of Bali was not spared: students and online motorcycle taxi drivers surrounded the region’s police headquarters on Saturday, sparking a rare riot that saw police cars vandalized and looted, as well as several people arrested.

The outbreak of violence has prompted Prabowo

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