Student criminals deserve harsh punishment

Student criminals deserve harsh punishment

We've been fed up upon hearing reports on school students
hijacking city bus. The latest incident took place on Wednesday
when scores of students of a technical high school in Lenteng
Agung, South Jakarta, hijacked a bus and terrified the
passengers.

It is quiet unreasonable that the police released them after
having them shaved bald, letting them sit down in sunlight for
hours and forcing them to listen to a speech on high morale. The
wisdom, which is good for normal students, could not be applied
to student criminals.

We suggest that the police are tougher and take legal
proceeding for such students. Hopefully, the move will bring
about positive results.

The police have been too tolerant to student criminals,
arguing that they are just mischievous school boys. The fact that
the quality of the crimes committed by the students must make the
police aware that the students deserve severe punishment.

Students brawls have actually reached an alarming level as
many of them have been killed during the brawls.

Student criminals have obviously worsened the educational
quality which is in fact inferior.

-- Warta Kota, Jakarta