Innovative or ‘dangerous’? Indonesia’s local leaders raise eyebrows with vasectomy-for-aid and other programmes
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Indonesia’s 961 local leaders are free to create their own programmes. But initiatives such as a militaristic boot camp for delinquents raise questions on whether greater coordination with the central government is needed, analysts say. JAKARTA: Wearing green uniforms and hats resembling those of the Indonesian army, dozens of teenage boys lined up neatly in the middle of a field in Purwakarta, West Java, shouting: “Ready, ready, ready! Awesome! Let’s keep up the spirit!” One could be forgiven
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