A second Indonesian student protester has died in demonstrations against a raft of divisive legal reforms, including banning pre-marital sex and weakening the anti-graft agency, sources said, as fresh unrest was expected Friday.
The 19-year-old engineering student died in hospital of blunt-force injuries to his head sustained in riots that erupted in Kendari city on Sulawesi island on Thursday, local hospital director Sjarif Subijakto told AFP.
The victim's relatives also confirmed the teen's death early Friday. The precise circumstances surrounding his death were not clear.
"His father has accepted his death, he just wants to know how it happened," relative Rahmat, who gave only his first name, told AFP in Kendari.
"But his mother is still in shock."
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