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Bandung student forum rejects Prabowo, scholar despite invitation
A joint student forum in Bandung refused to allow general-turned-politician Prabowo Soebianto and rector of Indonesia Computer University (Unikom) Eddy Soeryanto Soegoto in to an event at Unikom, despite having inviting the pair
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joint student forum inBandung refused to allow general-turned-politician Prabowo Soebianto and rectorof Indonesia Computer University (Unikom) Eddy Soeryanto Soegoto in to an eventat Unikom, despite having inviting the pair.
Kompas.com reported on Wednesday that there had been some sort of internal disagreement over the invitees.
'All of a sudden, the committee asked us to leave the waiting room. I don't know why,' Gerindra Party deputy secretary-general Sudaryono, who was with Prabowo, said.
He said a group of journalists who had planned to cover the event had also been prevented from entering the meeting room.
When asked about Prabowo's reaction, Sudaryono acknowledged that the party patron was a bit disappointed because he had missed out on an opportunity to speak with student boards from across the archipelago.
University rector Eddy Soeryanto Soegoto said that the students owed him explanation: 'We were only there because we had been invited.'
Chairman of Unikom student board Andri Lukman provided no explanation.
Student boards from all over Indonesia were meeting in Bandung. Unikom had been appointed as the host university.(dic)
