Five students killed in 25 street brawls<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Five students have been killed and 30 others
\ninjured in at least 25 street brawls recorded in the first two
\nmonths of this year, an official said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Raya Siahaan of the city's Social Disturbance Control Center
\nsaid this figure was quite alarming as in the whole of 1998 there
\nwere only 14 students killed and 26 injured in 197 street brawls.<\/p>\n
\"I don't understand what the capital's future is,\" Raya said.<\/p>\n
He said that to prevent warring groups of students from
\nrecognizing each other, schools were urged last year to encourage
\ntheir students to change from school uniform into casual clothes.<\/p>\n
This method apparently did not work as well as expected as
\nwarring groups of students were able to recognize one another.
\n\"What cannot be understood is why the brawls happen so
\nfrequently,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Raya reiterated that it was now time for the police to take
\nreally stern measures against students involved in brawling in
\norder to help reduce fatalities.<\/p>\n
\"With stern measures students should learn their lessons,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
City councilor Nitra Arsyad said the main problem was that
\nstudents today have \"absolutely no fear\" of the police and the
\nmilitary.<\/p>\n
In previous years the city administration effected the Wijaya
\nKusuma operation to rid the city of students involved in street
\nbrawls.<\/p>\n
\"The students caught during the operation were sent to
\nspecial schools run by district commands of the military,\" Nitra
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He said that recalcitrant students used also to be taken to
\npolice stations to have their heads shaved.<\/p>\n
\"After some time, however, the Wijaya Kusuma operation was
\nstopped as the city administration had no spare funds.\"<\/p>\n
Nitra expressed concern over the inability on the part of
\npolice and the military to locate any student brawling.<\/p>\n
\"Both the military and the police can actually use
\nintelligence officers to locate the student leaders,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Secret list<\/p>\n
Raya explained that a total of 32 institutions have been
\nlisted at his center as the capital's \"warring schools.\"<\/p>\n
\"However, I cannot reveal the names... for fear of ruining the
\nreputation of the schools,\" Raya said.<\/p>\n
The center's data revealed that of the 197 brawls that took
\nplace last year, 68 happened in South Jakarta, 37 in Central and
\nWest Jakarta each, 29 in East Jakarta and 26 in North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"A number of South Jakarta areas remain the most prone to
\nstudent brawls,\" Raya said.<\/p>\n
Areas most prone to brawls in South Jakarta, according to the
\ndata, include Blok A, the Blok M bus terminal and market, Jl.
\nFatmawati, Tebet, Pasar Minggu, Kebayoran Lama, Pondok Pinang,
\nJl. Ciledug Raya and CSW-Bulungan.<\/p>\n
In West Jakarta the areas most prone to student brawls include
\nJl. Gadjah Mada, the Glodok area, Kyai Tapa in Grogol, Roxy,
\nTomang, Jl. Mangga Besar, the Slipi and Palmerah areas, Jl. Daan
\nMogot, Cengkareng and Jelambar.<\/p>\n
North Jakarta has Jl. Yos Sudarso, Jl. Kelapa Gadung,
\nCilincing, Jl. RE Martadinata, Jl. Pademangan, Jl. Perintis
\nKemerdekaan, Mangga Dua, Semper, Sunter Agung and Tanjung Priok
\namong other areas prone to brawls.<\/p>\n
In Central Jakarta they include Senen, Kramat Raya, Pasar
\nBaru, Cikini, Cempaka Putih, Salemba Raya, Gunung Sahari, Hayam
\nWuruk-Gadjah Mada, Lapangan Banteng, Petojo-Roxy and Pegangsaan.<\/p>\n
In East Jakarta they include the area in front of the
\nIndonesian Christian University (UKI), Rawamangun, Jl. DI
\nPanjaitan, Jl. Otista, Jl. Dewi Sartika, Jatinegara market,
\nMatraman Raya, Kampung Melayu, Klender market, Jl. Pemuda and Jl.
\nPramuka. (ylt)<\/p>",
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