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A 36-year-old school principal has been sentenced to death for raping 13 schoolgirls. The punishment was exemplary for the country.
He was sentenced to death in the second instance.
An Indonesian appeals court on Monday sentenced a school principal to death for raping at least 13 schoolgirls. The Supreme Court in the city of Bandung on the island of Java thus overturned a life sentence that a lower court had previously imposed on the head of an Islamic boarding school. The public prosecutor’s office had appealed – they wanted a harsher punishment for the man. As the platform Coconuts.co reports, a maximum of 15 years in prison is otherwise pronounced in Indonesia for child abuse.
Victims were between eleven and 16 years old
The court also ordered that Herry Wirawan’s assets be confiscated and used to compensate his victims, aged between 11 and 16. The man was arrested last May after allegations of rape at the boarding school became public. During his first trial in January, he admitted his wrongdoing and apologized to his victims.
The case prompted calls for the predominantly Muslim country’s government and parliament to expedite deliberations on a law to prevent sexual violence. Some conservative Muslim groups oppose the bill, saying it encourages promiscuity by not criminalizing extramarital sex and same-sex relationships.
Are you underage and affected by sexualised violence? Or do you know a child who experiences sexualised violence?
Cocoon, Counseling Center for Kinder, adolescents and young adults
Chestnut, Counseling center for sexual violence in children and adolescents
Are you a pedophile yourself and do not want to become a criminal? You can get help from Forio and at the UPK Basel.
(AFP / trx)