I am taking a short-term course at a university in Jakarta, Indonesia. Students from all over the world have come here, and the short-term students sleep and wake up in the dormitory prepared by the university.
Yesterday, when I came back to the dormitory, several foreign students from Australia asked me if I wanted to have a pizza. I thought it would be a bad idea to say no because we are all foreign students and I only ate one piece.
After that, I felt sick and rested in bed in my room, but this morning I heard that the pizza had contained marijuana. Marijuana is illegal in Indonesia as well, and I think I'll file a complaint with the police, but what do you think? I also have two weeks of training left, and I'm terrified of living in the same dormitory as them. What should I do?
We think you should at least change your accommodation. As for the future, We are thinking of sending a local support staff member to Jakarta who is familiar with the local situation. However, if we send a local staff member, it will cost me $300 per day.
The international student consulted with his parents and were supported by our local staff (the fee was paid by his father's credit card). According to the local staff, we did not report the incident to the police since he is in good health, but we made a strong protest to the person in charge of the dormitory and asked him to take action against the Australian student involved. The local staff accompanied him to his new accommodation, confirmed that there were no problems and returned to the office.