Ministry Of PPPA Asks Teacher To Rape Seven Schoolgirls In Purbalingga Sentenced To Castration

Deputy for Special Protection for Children, Kemen PPPA Nahar/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection deeply regrets the sexual violence committed by a junior high school teacher against her seven students in Purbalingga Regency, Central Java and requests that law enforcers give punishment to the perpetrators according to the laws and regulations. maximum in accordance with applicable regulations and will oversee this case to completion," said Deputy for Child Special Protection at the PPPA Ministry Nahar in a press release, Jakarta, Thursday, March 10. Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection, perpetrators can be charged with Article 81 paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) Law Number 17 of 2016 concerning Determination Perpu Number 1 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment to Law No. 23 of 2002 concerning Protection, the maximum threat of which is the death penalty, life imprisonment or maximum imprisonment g for a short period of 10 years and a maximum of 20 years. Nahar added that because the perpetrator's status as an educator can also be added a third of the criminal threat and can be given additional punishment in the form of announcing the identity of the perpetrator and given action in the form of chemical castration and installation of electronic detection devices. tighten supervision of the activities of teachers and students in order to prevent violence in the school environment.

"The PPPA Ministry strongly condemns the teacher's act of raping seven students. The PPPA Ministry insists there is no tolerance or zero tolerance for perpetrators of sexual violence," he said. Previously, the Purbalingga Police Satreskrim arrested a junior high school music teacher in Purbalingga, Central Java for allegedly having molested his seven female students who were underage.