Indonesian police use water cannon in fuel protest

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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police used water cannons to disperse about 500 protesters who threw rocks and bamboo sticks at police and broke a parliament building fence on Tuesday to protest against a hike in fuel prices.

Authorities blocked a key highway as the slogan-shouting activists burnt tyres outside the sprawling parliament grounds to protest against the government decision to hike fuel prices by almost 30 percent last month.

http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINSP18183720080624