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A rights group confirmed the disappearances on Tuesday as unrest continues across Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence stated “As of September 1, there were 23 reports of missing persons. After the search and verification process, 20 missing persons remain unfound”.

One incident took place in an “unknown location”, it said.

Police have arrested 1,240 people in Jakarta since August 25, the city’s Metropolitan Police Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri told reporters Monday, state news agency Antara reported.

He was held “on suspicion of making provocative incitement to commit anarchic actions”, Ade said in comments aired by broadcaster Kompas TV.

They were the worst protests since the ex-general took power last year.

The United Nations called on Monday for an investigation into alleged use of disproportionate force in respondng to the rallies.

The military was deployed across the capital Jakarta on Monday as hundreds gathered again outside parliament and clashes were reported in several other cities.

In Bandung, protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at a provincial council building, before police fired tear gas overnight at “suspected... anarchists” who blocked a road.

On social media some users accused police of firing tear gas and rubber bullets into the campus and storming it.

The university in a press conference denied its students instigated unrest.

In Gorontalo city on Sulawesi island protesters clashed with police, who responded with tear gas and water cannons.

In anticipation of further unrest, TikTok on Saturday suspended its live feature for “a few days” in Indonesia, where it has more than 100 million users. – AFP

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