Thousands of students in Indonesia clashed with officials after attempting to enter the West Sumatra governor's office in a demonstration on September 24.<br /><br />Authorities from the city of Padang deployed police with water cannons who blasted the crowd, who in turn pelted the vehicle with bottles and climbed on top of it. <br /><br />Eventually the students, who were protesting a host of recent government policy issues, overwhelmed the police and security forces and entered the building. <br /><br />The student demonstration coordinator, Ismail Zainuddin, said: "Dozens of students demanded the West Sumatra governor Irwan Prayitno to support the welfare of farmers in West Sumatra.<br /><br />"In addition to urging the government to cancel the draft law on the elimination of sex violence that deviated with the norms of the Indonesian nation.<br /><br />"Also the revision of the law weakening the eradication institution Indonesian corruption which will be determined at the plenary meeting of the Indonesian republic's representative assembly on September 25, 2019."
