mo4ch:>Protesters set fire to town hall amid chaos in Indonesia’s West Papua (VIDEO) | Mo4ch News

Protests sweeping Indonesia’s West Papua province have plunged its capital into chaos, with angry demonstrators setting the local parliament alight. Violence erupted after Indonesian police arrested dozens of local students.A video has been circulating on social media, purporting to show the building, which houses a regional parliament in West Papua’s provincial capital of Manokwari, going up in flames. Thick plumes of smoke can be seen billowing from the structure as it is ravaged by the blaze.As the town hall was being devoured by fire, onlookers could be seen taking photos of the inferno.Demonstrators, some of them armed with sticks, also burned trash and tires in an attempt to block roads.The city streets have been swarmed by protesters chanting pro-independence slogans and waving the ‘Morning Star’ flag, which has served as a symbol of West Papua’s struggle for independence from Indonesia for decades.Police said that the protesters have blocked most of the roads, making it virtua…