Around 100 representatives from labor unions and human rights organizations in Indonesia staged a protest and hurled eggs at the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta. The demonstration was a response to a fatal shooting incident involving Indonesian nationals in Malaysian waters on January 24th, where one person died and four others were injured. Protesters demanded the arrest and imprisonment of Malaysian police officers involved in the shooting.
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The protest was in response to a shooting incident that occurred on 24 January in the waters off Tanjung Rhu, close to Banting, involving Indonesian nationals. The incident left one person dead and four others injured. In a related event, the body of the dead, identified as 50-year-old Basri, was delivered to Indonesian authorities in the province of Riau on Wednesday.Two suspects, who are thought to be foreign nationals, were in a boat when they allegedly tried to attack MMEA officials with machetes at around three in the morning after hitting the officers’ boat four times, according to Berita Harian’s earlier report.
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