Sri Lanka, Oct. 20 -- Indonesian students protested in Jakarta on Monday (Oct 20) as President Prabowo Subianto completed a year in office, two months after violent demonstrations nationwide, with one expert faulting the government on grounds of openness and public participation.

About 300 students clad in yellow and blue jackets gathered near the presidential palace while Prabowo's Cabinet met, far fewer than the numbers in August's student-led protests against government policies and lawmaker perks that spread countrywide.

"Free meals programme equals poison", read a banner carried by students demanding an end to Prabowo's flagship school meals campaign for millions of students and pregnant women, but which instead gave thousands of s...