Fresh Air from the South

A court has acquitted Nurlaila of charges of illegally running a school. Education versus business interests?

April 4, 2006

NURLAILAS face shone with delight. On the veranda of her modest house, a group of students in white and blue uniforms filled all corners of the room that noon. They shared laughter with the hostess. Congratulations, Bu, they were boisterously paying her a compliment.

On that Wednesday last week, students of State High School (SMP) 13, South Jakarta, visited Nurlaila at her home in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. They were ex-students of Nurlaila at

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