Over 1,000 schools in Aceh burned

Over 1,000 schools in Aceh burned

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Over 1,000 school buildings have been burned by
irresponsible people in the past few years, a senior official at
Aceh provincial administration said on Thursday.

Aceh Deputy Governor Azwar Abubakar said that the government
had already started renovating a certain numbers of schools, and
the renovation was expected to be completed in the next few
years. The most extensive arson attacks on schools were carried
out in the troubled province of Aceh on May 18 last year, only a
day before the Indonesian Military (TNI) began a massive military
operation against the rebel Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Aceh. --
Antara