Students don't like informants

Students don't like informants

SEMARANG, Central Java: About 1,000 students of the Diponegoro University staged a protest demanding that rector Muladi remove intel, or plain-clothes intelligent officers, from the campus.

"The presence of intel clearly degrades the campus, which should be an autonomous center of excellence. The officers, both from the police and the army, interfere with campus autonomy and they should be removed," Subarno, one of the participating students in free forum, said.

Muladi, who also attended the forum, said the presence of the officers did not interfere with campus autonomy, which is only relevant in the case of scientific matters. The campus, he said, has no legal territorial autonomy.

Muladi said the campus should not be considered "safe" because crime could occur. "If there was a case of rape, for instance, security officers must enter the campus," he said.

He assured that as long as students did not violate the law, there was no reason to be afraid or suspicious of the officers.

"Just let them in. Luckily, they could even become smarter after frequent visits to the campus," Muladi, who is also a member of the National Commission on Human Rights, said.(har)