PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian General News - Dec 19
Following are the leading general stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on Dec. 19.
Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Telephone: Editorial: +62-21-384-6364. Fax: +62-21-344-8404 or Help Desk: +803-061-2124 (toll free).
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JAKARTA POST
- ISLAMIC SECT IN WEST JAVA ATTACKED
A large crowd vandalised a mosque and several houses belonging to members of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect in West Java, injuring four people and causing traffic chaos in the main inter-city lane.
Last week the local government ordered the closure of the sect's compound, where 3,000 members live, after the Indonesian Council of Islamic Clerics declared the sect "heretical".
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KORAN TEMPO
- TEACHER STABS STUDENT TO DEATH
A high school teacher in West Java stabbed a 13-year old student three times during morning gym class. The victim died a few hours after the incident.
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Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Telephone: Editorial: +62-21-384-6364. Fax: +62-21-344-8404 or Help Desk: +803-061-2124 (toll free).
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JAKARTA POST
- ISLAMIC SECT IN WEST JAVA ATTACKED
A large crowd vandalised a mosque and several houses belonging to members of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect in West Java, injuring four people and causing traffic chaos in the main inter-city lane.
Last week the local government ordered the closure of the sect's compound, where 3,000 members live, after the Indonesian Council of Islamic Clerics declared the sect "heretical".
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KORAN TEMPO
- TEACHER STABS STUDENT TO DEATH
A high school teacher in West Java stabbed a 13-year old student three times during morning gym class. The victim died a few hours after the incident.
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