Indonesian police arrested hundreds of students today (April 11) after clashes broke out during a furious protest over high cooking oil prices and a possible extension of President Joko Widodo's stay in office.

Footage captured in the city of Padang in West Sumatra showed thousands of university students gathered outside a local government building.

The crowds began to push against police lines, hurled projectiles and attempted to remove razor wire.

The president on Sunday (April 10) attempted to dampen speculation of a plan being hatched by his allies to extend his term.

Students in Indonesia, including in the province of West Sumatra, held demonstrations demanding the cancellation of planning for the presidential election in 2024, in addition, students also demanded that the government overcome the scarcity of fuel oil and cooking oil that has been felt in the past month.

assessing that their demands were not accepted by thousands of students who demonstrated in front of the People's Representative Council building of West Sumatra Province which ended up clashing with the police, Monday 11 April 2024.

Starting from pushing each other, clashes were unavoidable and students threw stones and water bottles at a number of police officers. because it was not conducive, the police fired water gas to beat the thousands of students back.

As a result of the incident, hundreds of students were arrested by the Indonesian police.