![]() I urge my fellow international educators to follow the media coverage and to offer support for our colleagues. Thousands of supporters have already joined the embassies in voicing their own concerns through an online petition, a letter-writing campaign, media interviews and by joining the Facebook Group. The American, British and Australian embassies expressed concern about Neil and Ferdi’s detainment. ![]() ![]() The media coverage of the accusations and investigation reveal the strange series of events that led to these two men being named suspects and the wild absurdity of the whole situation. They face being detained without charge for many more weeks. They have been held in prison for 10 days now without being charged, held on what appears to be very little and highly questionable evidence. Neil is being detained in a Jakarta prison along with an Indonesian teaching assistant, Ferdinant Tjiong. Neil is facing every teacher’s worst nightmare, in a foreign country. Like everyone else who knows Neil Bantleman, I know with absolute personal and professional conviction that these accusations are false. Neil is one of the most gentle and caring people I’ve ever met, as well as a talented and passionate educator. “When I read Neil Bantleman had been accused of sexually assaulting a child at the prestigious Jakarta International School I was shocked and simply heartbroken for both Neil and Tracy.
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