University riots

University riots

From Kompas

The Trisakti student riot has been widely covered by various media. I am one of the female students who witnessed the disaster at the university campus in Grogol, West Jakarta.

Cars were badly damaged, college rooms were attacked with stones, hit with pieces of wood and broken bottles.

As a student, I thoroughly regret the incident, as do many other students.

But what is really to be regretted is the attitude of the university's management, who on a previous occasion, at their discretion, halted all campus activities after a fight, which was actually not quite the right action to take.

With this latest incident, all students were sent home for two weeks. Why is it that the university's management appears to lack intent and interest to settle, once and for all, the problem with these unruly students? Yet, the students act in a brutal and deliberate manner, being fully aware that they are dangerous and inflict losses on others.

What is it that the university board fears and is trying to protect?

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