Minister Of Religion Yaqut Conducts Thorough Investigation At Religious Education Institutions Related To Sexual Violence

Screenshot - Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas while congratulating Muhammadiyah's 109th anniversary. (AMONG)

JAKARTA - Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas ordered his staff at the Ministry of Religion from the provincial to district/city levels to conduct thorough investigations and mitigate sexual violence prevention in religious education institutions. So if there is something similar, we will carry out similar mitigation. So don't wait for something to happen first," said the Minister of Religion in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Friday, December 10. Dozens of students in Bandung City are like the tip of the iceberg phenomenon that has not been revealed in religious education units. Investigation and mitigation, he said, will be carried out in all educational units within the Ministry of Religion, from madrasas, Islamic boarding schools, to universities. the deployment of the team can investigate, uncover, and mitigate "So sexual violence, sexual harassment and all sexual abuse must be brushed off," he said. Previously, Deputy Minister of Religion Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi asked the public, especially students and students, to dare to report if they were victims of sexual violence. such cases do not happen again. Encouraging victims to dare to report any suspicious or untrue actions from persons, whoever it is," he said.

On the other hand, the West Java High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) said that the teacher and owner of a boarding school with the initials HW (36) was threatened with 20 years in prison for raping 12 female students until they became pregnant and gave birth. as a defendant because he has already been in court. HW is entangled with Article 81 of the Child Protection Law. "The threat is 15 years, but it should be underlined that there is a burden because as an educator, the threat is 20 years," said Riyono. In this action, there were as many as 12 female students who were victims who at that time were still minors.