JAKARTA: Indonesian domestic workers and activists began a hunger strike on Monday to protest the parliament's delay in passing a bill to protect domestic workers.

Sunrise-to-sunset fasting protests were happening simultaneously in the capital Jakarta and other major cities and will be held every day until the bill is passed, said Lita Anggraini of the National Advocacy Network for Domestic Workers.

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