Lessons resume at Sang Timur school

TANGERANG: Students of the Sang Timur private Catholic school attended classes on Monday under a paramilitary guard, after Muslim residents again blockaded the school on Saturday.

Oon Soepriajatna, the neighborhood unit chief, called on the paramilitary and others guarding the school to leave the compound.

"Don't create a worsening situation here, we are not fighting. There is no threat against the students," he told Tempointeraktif.com.

Twelve officers from the Jakarta Police Mobile Brigade are stationed at the school.

Students dropped off by cars had to walk about 300 meters along Jl. Barata to reach the school, while those riding motorcycles passed through Kampong Bulak.

The school's management has stopped religious services at the school since Oct. 3. -- JP