Teacher files unfair dismissal complaint

Teacher files unfair dismissal complaint

JAKARTA: The former vice principal of city-run high school
(SMU) 90, Hamidah, reported principal Djamilah to the National
Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Thursday over her
dismissal last year.

Hamidah said she and two other vice principals, Muhaimin and
Sumarto, were dismissed on Nov. 30 without warning or cause.

"Muhaimin and me brought the case to the South Jakarta
District Court because we believe the principal violated
regulations on the rotation of vice principals," she said in
front of the Komnas HAM office in Central Jakarta.

Hamidah said that after she brought the case to the court she
received a lot of pressure from the Jakarta Education Agency to
drop the complaint.

"I am asking for protection from Komnas HAM so I don't ...
receive any more threats," she said. -- JP