The Kids aren't Alright

There are signs of a corruption scandal in the case of the land swap deal involving the SLTPN 56 Melawai school building. Unfortunately, the protests have led to the students suffering.

April 27, 2004

THE crisis over State Junior High School (SLPTN) 56 Melawai, South Jakarta, is both complex and colorful. It is like a mosaic of the worst aspects of Indonesia, and the problem is being resolved by methods no less ugly. Here is a portrait of a bureaucracy that is ungainly, including in its way of finding legal solutions. In the background, there are political nuances. What people did not want was to see students becoming victims, even though

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