BUDDHA STATUE
Down Syndrome

Plans to remove a Buddhist statue in Tanjungbalai are still on hold. Objections to the statue are allegedly linked with local elections.

November 3, 2010

EACH morning Haidir bin Misran parks his motorized becak (pedicab) near the Tri Ratna Buddhist monastery on the banks of the Asahan River in Tanjungbalai, North Sumatra. On Thursday last week, his attention turned to a Buddha statue soaring above the monastery. “What’s that statue for, they’re just showing off,” he said. Conversely, another becak driver, Wasdi, did not feel troubled by the statue. “Your religion for you, my religion for

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