Thousands of university students have taken to the streets across Indonesia to protest "budget efficiency" policies by the Prabowo administration, which cut funding to various government agencies and programs.
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00:00Thousands of Indonesian university students have taken to the streets across the country
00:05against government budget policies.
00:07Those policies would cut funding for various national and regional government agencies.
00:13They're also expected to cut scholarship grants and lay off government contract workers to
00:18fund a free meal program that critics argue is unscientific and inefficient.
00:24The demonstrations are expected to last several days with rallies happening in multiple cities.
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