A student protester throws a burning stick at riot police during a clash in Jakarta on September 30. Photo: AP
Opinion
Opinion
Derwin Pereira
Mass protests in Hong Kong and Indonesia point to similar problems facing Carrie Lam and Joko Widodo
In the face of protests, the leaders of Hong Kong and Indonesia have to maintain a precarious balance. Carrie Lam is caught between ‘one country’ and ‘two systems’, while Widodo needs to keep the secular right, religious right and liberal left onside