Culture of violence deeply rooted in STPDN: LIPI<\/p>\n
Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung, West Java<\/p>\n
A culture of violence and the poor quality of caretakers at the
\nPublic Administration Institute (STPDN) has led to violent hazing
\nthat killed at least two of its students, a team of researchers
\nhas found.<\/p>\n
Alfitra Salamn, the head of the independent team from the
\nIndonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), said on Monday that the
\nculture of violence existed since STPDN was established in 1991.<\/p>\n
The culture began, as the students learned the system of
\ncorporal punishment from soldiers, he said.<\/p>\n
The soldiers, who were hired by the STPDN management to train
\nstudents using military-style discipline in the early years of
\nSTPDN, often hit students to make sure they obeyed the rules, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The system of corporal punishment was then inherited by the
\nstudents after the soldiers left the institute a few years later,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
The situation worsened, as corporal punishment administered by
\nseniors on their juniors went unchecked due to poor supervision
\nby the institute's caretakers, resulting in a deep-rooted culture
\nof violence among the students, he said.<\/p>\n
The problem was exacerbated by the poorly trained and poorly
\neducated post-military caretakers.<\/p>\n
\"The recruitment of the caretakers was not done properly. They
\nwere recruited on the basis of nepotism. Some of them were even
\nformer security guards and drivers,\" said Alfitra.<\/p>\n
The LIPI team was hired by the Ministry of Home Affairs to
\nstudy and investigate the rampant violent hazing in the institute
\nthat has killed at least two of its students namely Eri Rakhman
\nand Wahyu Hidayat. The team was expected to provide a solution in
\norder to end the violent practices in the institute.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the LIPI team questioned nine of some 180
\ncaretakers and lecturers in the institute.<\/p>\n
It is unknown how long the investigation will last.<\/p>\n
The finding was the second after another study last year that
\nconcluded that 37 percent of STPDN students were aggressive. The
\nresults of last year's study were revealed by a senior lecturer
\nat STPDN, following the death of Wahyu Hidayat recently, an STPDN
\nstudent.<\/p>\n
The senior lecturer joined a team of psychologists conducting
\npsychological tests on 806 STPDN students.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Sumedang Police precinct began questioning on
\nMonday six of 25 people who were seen in film footage screened by
\nprivate television station SCTV.<\/p>\n
The footage, screened following the death of Wahyu Hidayat
\nrecently, showed students being beaten during an initiation rite
\nin the institute in June, which drew public outrage. \"The six
\nwere questioned for assaulting their juniors,\" said Sumedang
\nPolice chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Yoyok Subagiono.<\/p>\n
Yoyok said that the police had not named any suspects out of
\nthe 25 students who appeared in the television footage, saying
\nthat the investigation was ongoing.<\/p>\n
Currently, the Sumedang Police are also investigating the
\nassault of Jurinata, an STPDN student from Central Kalimantan,
\nwho was beaten by a senior student in May this year.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in order to improve the tainted image of STPDN,
\nstudents and the management of STPDN held a religious gathering
\nand helped in community service projects in the area around the
\ncampus on Sunday.<\/p>",
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