Indonesian school still smarts from Obama link
China Daily | Updated: 2007-02-08 07:35
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Indonesian students chat outside their classroom on February 2 at Jakarta's State Elementary School Menteng 01 where United States Senator Barack Obama studied for less than three years in the late 1960s. Reuters |
A spire, common in Dutch-made churches in Indonesia, still tops its roof. Parents whose children study at Menteng 01 today include ministers, lawyers and tycoons. Grandchildren of former President Suharto, who still lives in Menteng, attended.
So the school was surprised and not a little put out to find itself painted as a hotbed of Islamic radicalism during the time Obama attended as a young child.
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