Jakarta, Sept. 12 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has agreed to a proposal to establish an independent investigation committee into the riots that broke out in several regions last August.

The plan was disclosed by former religious affairs minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, who represented the National Conscience Movement (GNB), after the interfaith civil society group was received by Prabowo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday evening.

Saifuddin said the committee is needed to uncover the root causes of the unrest that followed public protests.

"We need to clear legitimate demonstrations of accusations that they directly triggered the riots last August. That is why this investigation is necessary," he stated.

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