Arief Budiman's dismissal (1)

Arief Budiman's dismissal (1)

I was disturbed to read the letter from Dr. David T. Hill,
Murdock University (The Jakarta Post Nov. 21, 1994) insinuating
that Arief Budiman's intellectual freedom and right to voice his
opinion had been threatened by Satya Wacana Christian University.
Surely Dr. Hill and his 42 friends are not serious. Dr. Budiman's
dismissal was a disciplinary action taken after he had conducted
a smear campaign against the university's Board of Regents. The
case has nothing whatsoever to do with academic freedom.

One should also question the wisdom of a group of
"academicians" who rush to the aid of a colleague without
checking the facts first and who interfere in the internal
affairs of a university in another country. If the "mutual
understanding" they promote has been damaged, it is they
themselves who are to blame.

KRISHNA DJAYA DARIMURTI

Satya Wacana Christian University

Salatiga, Central Java