prabowo tried again this time after losing the election. but it looks like he does not have enough people on the streets. the deeper conflict that is happening is the old u.s. trained generals versus democracy. there is prabowo who is trying to overturn an election result, but also key generals around the side of the wood of the who themselvesi, are mass killers who have been involved in crimes like the 99 timor massacres, the assassination of a human rights , and they have been trying to do -- political dissidents and basically trying to crush free speech in indonesia. so democracy is under siege from both sides of the partisan political spectrum by u.s. trained generals. some of them working in alliance with these islamist street organizations, number of which were originally launched and created by the indonesian army. nermeen: can you talk about what has jokowi's record in an office? >> one of his first promises when he defeated prabowo in 2014, he would investigate the major atrocities, major crimes, including the 1965 slaughter of up

, concerns about terrorist attacks potentially, and we've seen mr prabowo do this before.ection againstjokowi and he pursued legal means. what do you think his motivations are? clearly he doesn't want to give up the possibility of getting the presidency and he wants to pursue every legal channel he can. we don't believe he's going to win a legal challenge, i think there isn't evidence to make up 17 million votes again, and i think he's keen to get supporters out on the street but we don't expect a whole lot of violence. there's the risk of a terror attack, which would not be from his political parties but from islamist terror groups piggybacking onto the situation. their targets are actually the police and there's lots of police out in force right now. our advice to clients is you can still travel to jakarta, be extremely mindful of commercial districts and avoid the areas where these demonstrations are happening, but we don't expect anything to bubble up too significantly in the coming days. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we hearfrom o

it would help if prabowo would concede the election results.ould concede the election because there is very little chance of his constitutional court appeal succeeding. at the same time the police need to back down and use less force. but supporters of prabowo subianto know he is really behind. what keeps him continuing to push with these protests ? continuing to push with these protests? he is following the same template he followed in 2014 when he also ran againstjoko widodo. at that time he also refused to concede a loss in the election. we think it is probably bargaining behaviour. he is probably bargaining behaviour. he is probably bargaining behaviour. he is probably looking for a leadership position in the legislature for his family members and party members and potentially also for some economic compensation. briefly, do you think thatjoko widodo will give into his concessions? there have been negotiations between the top lieutenant and joko widodo so we will see. you so much for your insights. let's return to the turmoil at the top of

but supporters of prabowo subianto know he is really behind.lowing the same template he followed in 2014, when he also ran againstjokowi. at that time, he also refused to concede a loss in the election. we think it's probably bargaining behaviour. he's probably looking for a leadership position in the legislature for his family members, his party members, and potentially also for some economic compensation. briefly, do you think that widodo will give into his concessions? there have been negotiations between one of his top lieutenants and widodo, so we will see. a proposal to allow hong kong citizens to be sent to mainland china to face trial there has sparked widespread concern. activists facing persecution and the business community have led opposition to the new law, which if passed would also allow travelers passing through the city to be extradited. the bbc‘s china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports from hong kong. hong kong's legislature is again locked in conflict over relations with beijing. driving this our fears ofa with beijing.

but mr prabowo has rejected the result and said he plans to pursue what he called legal avenues. mancini, cpa partner at control risks, a consulatancy firm based here in singapore. welcome to the programme. first off, we've seen these demonstrations taking place after the president of indonesia, joko wi, was voted in his favour. tell us a little bit about these demonstrations, do they prove a threat? we don't think they do stop first of all the election results were exactly as predicted, he won decisively and it isn't expected that prabowo subianto would protest the results because of course he wanted to when. we do expect large ale demonstrations today, we started to see them yesterday, but we don't expect a large—scale unrest or violence. it was really a masterstroke by the kp uecomm general elections commission, to announce there 2am yesterday, a day early of the night to take away a lot of the spontaneity of protesters out on the street. as predicted, we're going to demonstrations today but we don't expect anything to get to violent. what is a concern i guess is amongst mr pr

he defeated former special forces military commander prabowo subianto by 10 percentage points. however, pro-bowl has rejected oh the final t tally, alleging wiwidespread cheating and sasaye plan to challenge the results in court. prabowo is the former son-in-law of indonesia's longngtime dictar suharto, and had made plans to stage mass arrests of political opponents and his current allies if he won. another lawsuit has been filed against boeing, alleging the company concealed known design flaws in its 737 max aircraft from airlines and the public. mary schiavo, the former inspector general for the u.s. transportation department, filed the lawsuit on behalf of of a passenger who was killed in the march 10 crash of ethiopian airlines flight 302, which killlled all 157 people on boar. the suit argues the federal aviation a administration handnd over the bulk of its safety oversight to boeing, allowing the company to rush through and cut corners on inspecting and certifying its own jets. in san francisco, press freedom advocates are closely watching the case of journalist bryan car

in response, former general prabowo subianto vowed a court challenge. and, in jakarta, hundreds of people protested the results. riot police faced off nst the crowds, who gave out flowers, and said their decracy is at stake. >> ( translated ): we are concerned after seeing fraud happening during this election and no actions were takemp the prabowo gn team filed complaints, but no actions were taken. we think indonesia'semocracy is hurt in 2019. >> woodruff: subianto is an ultra-nationalist who has aligned himself withist s.rd-liners. ompanies will now have a 90-day grace period before restrictions kick in on sales to chinese tech giant huawei. the commerce department announced the extension on monday. it ce as president trump pressures china to agree to a tradhideal. but in today, huawei's founder and c.e.o. told a news conference that u.s. constraints do not matter. >> ( translated ): maybe sene of our loweproducts on the periphery might be hurt. but our most advanced products will not be affected. at least, our 5g technology won't be affected. and not

the loser in that election, general prabowo, the countries must notorious mass killer, longtime protege of the u.s., refuses to accept the results. he sent his people out on -- to the streets

policece fired tear gas and rubr bullets a at s supporters of opposition candidate prabowo subianto.had gathered outside government offices in the capital city of jakarta to