Indonesian protesters pelt Malaysian embassy with eggs over migrant worker shooting

Dozens of Indonesians, angered over the fatal shooting of an Indonesian migrant worker in neighbouring waters, threw eggs on Thursday at the Malaysian embassy in Indonesia’s capital.

A 50-year-old migrant worker was shot dead and four others wounded on January 24 after the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (APMM) opened fire on their boat for alleged trespassing in the waters off Tanjung Rhu Beach in Selangor state.

Indonesian authorities in Riau province on Wednesday received the man’s body.

Nearly 100 protesters from various rights groups and trade unions gathered on Thursday outside the embassy, on a major street in downtown Jakarta. Eggs covered the state symbol of Malaysia at the mission’s gate, and the building itself appeared to have egg stains and cracked shells on it.

Protesters held signs saying, “Prosecute and jail Malaysian police who shot dead Indonesian migrant worker”.