Suicide Over School Supplies Rocks Indonesia (Worthy News Focus)

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International CorrespondentKUPANG, INDONESIA (Worthy News) – A provincial leader in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday acknowledged deep government failures after a 10-year-old boy apparently took his own life when his family could not afford a pen and a notebook he needed for school.“We failed to detect and find a solution for this child,” said Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, governor of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province. His remarks followed the discovery of