An 22-year-old Indonesian man has died after setting himself on fire near the presidential palace, police said Sunday, in what is believed to be the country's first self-immolation protest. The man, identified as student Sondang Hutagalung, died on Saturday after he was taken to hospital with 98 percent burns, Jakarta police spokesman Baharudin Djafar told AFP.
"He died yesterday from a sizeable percentage of burns on his body after setting himself on fire. We still don't know what caused him to immolate himself," he said.