NATIONAL EXAM
Fighting for Honesty

Ostracized by her neighbors and fellow towns folk for exposing cheating, Siami has won broad popular support for her courage. She’s a model citizen from a modest family.

June 22, 2011

THIS model citizen does not come from an ivory tower, but rather from a modest family in a plain village, a long way from the glitter of luxury life.

Siami was born on August 15, 1979, as the youngest of six siblings. She is the only daughter of Kawi and Sutri, completing her studies at the PGRI (Teachers Senior High School) in Kedungrukem, Gresik, East Java.

From a teachers school, Siami went to Surabaya, where she worked intermittently wi

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