50 teachers killed recently in Aceh

50 teachers killed recently in Aceh

BANDA ACEH: The Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) Aceh
chapter urged the government to give a security guarantee to
teachers in the strife-torn province, as 50 teachers had been
killed and 200 others physically assaulted in the past two years.

Aceh PGRI chairman Aminuddin said that incidents of violence
against teachers were not dealt with properly via due legal
process. He said that the province needed at least 15,000
teachers, while some 5,000 had abandoned their posts.

Woman teacher Rohana Hasan was shot dead before her son last
Thursday by two gunmen who stole her motorcycle in Kuta Blang
Gandapura, Bireun regency.

Comm. Taufik S. of the Aceh police admitted that none of the
cases of violence against teachers had been resolved.

"We cannot guard the teachers individually because of our
limited personnel but we routinely patrol areas liable to crime,"
he said. --JP