Students continue hunger strike<\/p>\n
Agus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Purwokerto, Central Java<\/p>\n
Seventeen students of the Jendral Soedirman University (Unsoed)
\ncontinued with their hunger strike on Monday. They are protesting
\nan additional fee imposed on them by the university last year.<\/p>\n
The strike started on Thursday last week, with 19 students
\nfasting. Two have already stopped due to the deterioration of
\ntheir health.<\/p>\n
"We will continue the hunger strike until our demand is met.
\nWe are already poor, and we are overburdened by the extra fee,"
\nsaid protest coordinator M. Latief, referring to the imposition
\nof the Institution Development Fee, which amounts to Rp 150,000
\nper student per semester.<\/p>\n
The students have been living in tents in front of the
\nrector's office since the hunger strike began. They have staged
\nseveral rallies on campus also.<\/p>\n
Separately, Komari, the deputy rector of student affairs, said
\nthat the decision to introduce the fee had been made together
\nwith the university's board.<\/p>\n
"The board will meet straightaway. After the meeting, we hope
\nthat we can provide a solution," he said.<\/p>",
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