Police said they were probing reports of deaths, but denied that any live rounds had been fired on the crowd. "The incident that happened this morning is not spontaneous, it was by design," he told reporters in Jakarta. Election officials and analysts have discounted his claims, but many supporters appeared convinced of fraud in the world's third-biggest democracy. The protests in support of Subianto have sparked a backlash online from opponents with the hashtag #Tangkapprabowo (#ArrestPrabowo) trending widely on social media. Wednesday's early morning violence happened after several thousand Subianto supporters rallied peacefully near the election supervisory agency's office in the heart of the capital on Tuesday.

Source: Bangkok Post May 22, 2019 07:45 UTC