section_path: Protests/Java/Malang
section_name: Malang
paragraph_text: Malang
  
  In Malang, protests were held on 18 February at the Monument Roundabout, precisely in front of the building of Malang DPRD. Thousands of people came at 12 p.m. and carried various banners and posters featuring demands, with inscriptions such as Efisiensi untuk Oligarki X, Efisiensi untuk Rakyat ✓ 'No to Efficiency for the Oligarchy, Yes to Efficiency for the People', and 100 Hari Keadilan Dibunuh 'Justice Is Killed in 100 Days'. Presidential portraits of Prabowo and Gibran were defaced with the text efisienshit on their eyes and a cross on their mouths. An hour later, the portraits, alongside used tires, were burned in front of the entrance gate towards DPRD. After successfully meeting the speaker of DPRD, Amithya Ratnanggani Siraduhita, as well as several fraction leaders, the protesters finally dispersed at 4 p.m. during heavy rains.
  
  On 23 March, protesters with black clothing returned to the Malang DPRD building at 04:00 p.m.. They carried banners, vandalised the fences, and wrote demands to repeal the revised Armed Forces Law and messages critical of the government on asphalt road. They also played a theatrical featuring the reconstruction of an accident. By 06:00 p.m., the protests became increasingly violent and riots became prominent, with throwing of Molotov cocktails and burning of TNI uniforms. Seven police and TNI personnel were injured in the protests. Meanwhile, a medical team were beaten down and verbally abused by the personnels, and their medical supplies and gadgets were seized. Around 8–10 people were missing, while dozen others were injured, with 6–7 of them were rushed to local hospitals. Next day following the riots, Malang regional police and Indonesian National Student Movement branch in East Java went involved in a community service to clean up the building.