Jakarta, Aug. 31 -- Indonesia's National Armed Forces (TNI) and the National Police (Polri) have deployed personnel to guard the residence of House of Representatives (DPR) legislator Eko Hendro Purnomo in Jakarta after it was ransacked on Saturday night.

"The TNI and Polri personnel have moved to secure the house," South Jakarta Police Chief Senior Commissioner Nicolas Ary Lilipaly said on Sunday.

He explained that the crowd had outnumbered existing security personnel before storming into Purnomo's residence.

"There were a huge number of people arriving at the site, damaging and ransacking property in three waves," he noted.

According to Lilipaly, the situation has since been brought under control following the deployment of military...