On Thursday afternoon, Listia Magdalena, a UPH architecture student, was rushed to the
hospital after her classmate, Maisy Nathania Alexandra Livina, stabbed her several times in the chest
and arms.

Police claim the incident, which took place in Listia’s car, was the result of a spat over the victim’s
boyfriend.

Police claim Maisy was jealous of Listia. Maisy allegedly became angry during the quarrel and proceeded to beat down on Listia.

Maisy, who was in the passenger seat, then stabbed Listia. The women were driving on a street in Puri, West Jakarta.    

Kembangan Police questioned Maisy but eventually released her.

“We can’t name her a suspect as we still have no information from the victim,” Kembangan
chief detective First Insp. W. Aleksander said.

He said police confiscated a fruit knife, the weapon allegedly used to stab Listia.
It was unclear from where Maisy got the shank.

Listia’s father, Tan Koen Louw, expressed his disappointment with the police handling of the case.
“My daughter almost died. How could [the police] release the suspect and say there was no evidence?”
he said.

Tan also said he was certain that Maisy actually intended to harm his daughter.   

“The knife belonged to her and she was the one who asked my daughter out,” he said, adding that he had hired a lawyer to help him build a case.

As of Friday afternoon, Listia was still being treated in the hospital’s intensive care unit.
Several of her university friends visited her at the hospital.

Her colleagues said that they had just completed their midterm exams and would be sitting for
their finals in one-and-a-half months.   

Responding to the incident, UPH management said they were considering suspending the two
students.

“We received a request from the school of [architecture] to suspend the two students for the rest of the semester,” UPH spokesperson Rosse Hutapea said.

“However, we are still waiting for the results of the police investigation before making a final decision.”
Fights between university students are a familiar phenomenon in Indonesia as student brawls and other form of violence are common sights in many cities throughout the country.

In 2008, Yogyakarta police questioned two female high school students after a video recording of them fighting was widely distributed among students and teachers in the city.

The video, recorded in Yogyakarta, showed the two students fighting while their friends circled around and cheered them on.  

The students, both 18 at the time of the incident, said they were fighting over a boy.

Last year, a video recorded in Kupang, North Nusa Tengggara, showed two female high school students punching each other because of a similar situation.

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