SMP 56 students ready to move

SMP 56 students ready to move

JAKARTA: At least 55 of 95 students of junior high school SMP
56 on Jl. Melawai Raya, South Jakarta, have enrolled to attend
additional courses before registering with other state schools.

The remaining 40 students have continued to study on the
sidewalk outside the school grounds after the city administration
sealed the school building on Nov. 17.

In a meeting with House of Representatives' Commission X on
education, Deputy Governor Fauzi Bowo said on Monday the 55 could
continue studying at other schools for free.

The commission's deputy chairman, Anwar Arifin, called on all
parties to stop involving students in the dispute over the legal
status of the school building.

The Melawai school was sold to developer PT Tata Disantara in
2000. Some teachers, students and parents suspected
irregularities in the deal and have refused to move to the new
premises in Jeruk Purut, South Jakarta.

The school is currently awaiting the final decision from the
Supreme Court. --JP

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Thugs attack
public order officers

TANGERANG: A group of thugs at Pasar Anyar market attacked
public order officers while the latter were evicting street
vendors occupying part of the road, injuring two of the officers.

Head of the public order officers' 35-strong team, Sabar
Situmorang, and Fatillah were rushed to Tangerang General
Hospital after receiving serious machete wounds to their hands
and legs.

One of the officers told The Jakarta Post that it was the
first attack after several months of patrolling the market.

"The police at a police post nearby did nothing to stop the
hoodlums," he said.

Tangerang Police deputy chief Adj. Comr. Aan Suhanan said that
he has sent officers to search for the attackers. -- JP