#JakartaRiots - 6 dead, 200 injured from the demonstration outside the Election Supervisory Agency in #Jakarta as midnight approached 22 May, says Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan. 6 dead and 200 people taken to hospital as post election riots turn deadly in Jakarta. Widodo won more than 85 million votes of a total of 154 million cast in the world's third-largest democracy, but Prabowo told reporters he believed there had been widespread cheating. On Monday, an election supervisory agency dismissed claims of systematic cheating, citing a lack of evidence. Australia, the United States, and Britain issued travel advisories warning of an increased risk of violence across Indonesia and advising citizens to stay away from protests.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 22, 2019 05:39 UTC