SOCIAL PHENOMENON
School Dropouts’ Sorrow in Cirebon
Asmail Sevani’s hopes of returning to school were ended by a brawl. The 15-year-old was killed by other youths who had also dropped out of school.
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Cirebon Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Roland Ronaldy (front left) holds up two sickles that were confiscated from a brawl during a press conference at Cirebon Police headquarters in West Java on Jan. 6 (6/1/2020). Two people were killed during the incident, which took place in the early hours of Jan. 5 (5/1/2020).
Asmail Sevani’s hopes of returning to school were ended by a brawl. The 15-year-old was killed by other youths who had also dropped out of school. The brawl was triggered by interactions on social media, the “biological offspring” of the digital industry.
Jubaedah, 38, cried when she saw a portrait of her son Sevani at her home in Astana village, Gunung Jati district, Cirebon regency, West Java, on Monday (6/1/2020).
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