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Affan Kurniawan’s Unfulfilled Dream

Monday, September 1, 2025

Affan Kurniawan had an unfulfilled dream of buying land in his home village. His premature death brought together thousands of online motorcycle taxi drivers.

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Erlina at the grave of her son, Affan Kurniawan, an online motorcycle taxi driver who died after being run over by a Brimob tactical vehicle, at the Karet Bivak Public Cemetery in Jakarta, August 29, 2025. Tempo/Tony Hartawan. tempo : 177105609576.

THE air was stifling inside a cramped 2-by-3 meter room on Jalan Tayu, Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Friday afternoon, August 29, 2025. A plastic ceiling fan failed to push away the heat. In that windowless room, Affan Kurniawan lay down each day. The 21-year-old online motorcycle taxi driver shared a mattress with his brother, Adam Al Rasyid, without a sheet, using two pillows without cases.

The brothers lived with their parents and younger sist

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Adil Al Hasan

Intan Setiawanty contributed to the writing of this report.

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