They Left that Hell Behind

They all had simple aspirations: to become bureaucrats and thus make their parents happy. But the cruel treatments they received at the hands of their seniors shattered those dreams.

September 30, 2003

(The Late) Wirawan Nurman, STPDN praja, class of 1999

At a BTN house in Makkio Baji, Manggala, Makassar, a graduation gown hangs without an owner. But, together with the graduation certificate and various objects that he once owned, they serve as mute witnesses to Wirawan Nurman, who once cherished these dreams.

Wawan, as Wirawans friends called him, once had aspirations to become a government official. Graduating from Senior High Schol, he was the

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