Tanah Datar Tragedy

A student of an Islamic boarding school was tortured to death by his schoolmates. Due application of the law is urgent in the interests of upholding education.

Tempo

March 5, 2019

The torture to the death of a student of an Islamic boarding school (pesantren) in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, is the latest in a long list of tragedies in the world of Indonesia’s education. Bullying laced with violence, usually occurring in general and service schools, has obviously now spread to pesantrens. The tragic case which happened in the Pesantren Modern Nurul Ikhlas needs to be duly processed in accordance with the law while maint

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