Minister installs new STPDN rector

BANDUNG: Minister of Home Affairs Hari Sabarno officially installed on Friday I Nyoman Sumaryadi as the rector of the Institute of Public Administration (STPDN) in Jatinangor, Sumedang regency, West Java province.

Sumaryadi replaced Sutrisno, who had already moved and assumed a new post in Jakarta last year, following several incidents of hazing in the institute that claimed the lives of two students, including second year student Wahyu Hidayat.

Wahyu died as a result of injuries inflicted by some 20 senior students at the institute last year for failing to attend a gubernatorial function in Bandung. -- JP