Christmas is fast approaching. We intended to be taking a long break for 2 weeks but then Luke Preece and Mariam Kartikatresni wandered off to Malang, knife in hand, for a pre-Christmas coup…..which went horribly wrong. Tomorrow we bring you more details how how Luke and Mariam, working as a team, tried to take over…
In this interview we discuss Luke Preece’s email from January 2011 in which he describes Mariam’s actions as ‘pretty dumb’ and criticizes her work ethic. This email dates from January 2011. What can you tell us about your relationship with Luke Preece at this point? Luke was always telling me he was my friend and…
Last night I interviewed a highly-placed source at MCE, the joint venture which was the dominant partner of the TBI Malang-MCE pairing. In the coming days we will offer fresh insights and information into why TBI has been kicked off the premises at their own school, TBI Malang. We will also offer insights into how…
With the closing of TBI Malang, Luke Preece has brought TBI into unprecedented disgrace. The JV partner had invested hundreds of millions of rupiah in the project and the decision to break their venture with TBI cannot have been taken lightly. It is a sign of how utterly Preece has dragged the TBI name through…
In the latest of a remarkable series of ongoing events from TBI Malang, Luke Preece’s mata (spy, mole, plant) has been fired by TBI’s Joint Venture (JV) partner in the city. Niah has been ordered out of the building and told not to come back. Niah had been moved to TBI Malang by Luke Preece…
Today we bring you some remarkable reports from Malang. We have been informed by a highly-placed source that the joint venture partner of TBI has broken the contract with TBI. The joint venture partner has decided to break its association with TBI Malang. It seems that TBI has been booted out of its own premises…
Was there any more sexual misconduct at TBI Kelapa Gading? There was. Who did it involve? One incident involved suspicious dealings with a local teacher. The other involved a TBI student; Helmy V was really caught in the act there. The third case involved the student assistants. He was generally sleazy and sexual in his…
What else did you discuss in your three hour telephone marathon with Mariezka, the former school manager of Depok? Apart from the way Luke Preece had rigged Scott Martins’s appointment at TBI Jawa (now TBI Riau) in April 2010, we discussed Ashley Platts. Good old Ashley! What did Mariezka have to say about Ashley Platts?…
Over the weekend I thought I’d do some research on the latest Indonesian schools situation. After all, this blog receives an average of 140 visits a day: we owe it to our readers- even the readers who heartily disapprove of our methods- to offer information on what is really happening. It has become harder to…
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