Probolinggo Parade

Bagong Suyanto, Professor of Sociology in the faculty of Politics and Social Sciences at Airlangga University, and Dr Edo Sebastian Jaya, a clinical psychologist and lecturer in the Psychology Faculty, University of Indonesia, discuss the impact of a recent incident in Probolinggo, in which kindergarten children wore cadars and carried toy weapons when participating in an Independence Day parade.

Prof Bagong Suyanto relaxing in Melbourne, June 2018. Source: Courtesy - SCW.

Have reactions to the Independence Day incident in Probolinggo been appropriate, fair and balanced? What might the psychological impact of the incident have the children?  Professor Bagong Suyanto and Dr Edo Sebastian Jaya, a clinical psychologist and lecturer in the Psychology Faculty, University of Indonesia, discuss the issues.  

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