Today's Top 3 News: Why Amnesty Opposes the Military's Role in Securing Protests

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Students en route to HI Roundabout for the "Menuju Indonesia Bangkrut" (towards Indonesia's bankruptcy) rally were blocked by the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and police in front of the Thamrin Nine Ballroom Building, Jakarta, June 12, 2026. Tempo/Ilham Balindra

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Here are the highlights: Why Amnesty Opposes the Military's Role in Securing Protests; Indonesia Earthquake: Hospital Patients Evacuated After 6.7-Magnitude Quake in Central Sulawesi; and Fact Check: Will a Weaker Rupiah Help Indonesia's Economy Grow?.

The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:

1. Why Amnesty Opposes the Military's Role in Securing Protests

Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid has criticized the deployment of military personnel, reserve component members, and civilian groups to help secure a series of demonstrations held across Indonesia over the past week.

Speaking to journalists at the Muhammadiyah Central Executive Board office in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, Usman argued that maintaining security during public demonstrations falls primarily under the responsibility of the police. Click here to read more.

2. Indonesia Earthquake: Hospital Patients Evacuated After 6.7-Magnitude Quake in Central Sulawesi

Staff at Anuntaloko Parigi Hospital in Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, evacuated patients from the treatment room after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck the regency on Tuesday.

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported the earthquake occurred on Tuesday at around 10:27 a.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB) at a depth of 10 kilometers (km), approximately 42 kilometers southeast of Palu. Read the details here.

3. Fact Check: Will a Weaker Rupiah Help Indonesia's Economy Grow?

A number of videos claiming that the rupiah must be weak for Indonesia to progress have been shared by social media accounts such as Instagram [archive], Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube since mid-May 2026. The videos circulated amidst the weakening rupiah exchange rate against the United States dollar (US$).

The videos featured explanations from content creator Benny Batara Tumpal Hutabarat, also known as Bennix. One of them was posted on Bennix's Instagram account on January 28, 2026. He stated that the weakening rupiah exchange rate against the US$ would encourage Indonesians to innovate to meet domestic needs without importing.

Is it true that the rupiah must weaken to achieve advanced economic status in Indonesia? Read more about it here.

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Today's Top 3 News: Will a Weaker Rupiah Help Indonesia's Economy Grow?

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