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Four men on trial for sexual harassment

The dossiers of four former employees of city-owned PT Transjakarta allegedly involved the sexual harassment of a woman at a bus stop in Harmoni, Central Jakarta, have been completed

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Thu, February 13, 2014

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Four men on trial for sexual harassment

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hedossiers of four former employees of city-owned PT Transjakarta allegedlyinvolved the sexual harassment of a woman at a bus stop in Harmoni, CentralJakarta, have been completed.

The dossiers will be given to prosecutors and the four will stand trial.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said that prosecutors would receive the dossiers within the next two days.

The four '€” identified as AKI, 26; ED, 26; IVE, 28; and DR, 27 '€” have been in detention since they were named suspects three weeks ago. They were subsequently dismissed by Transjakarta, kompas.com reported.

A woman alleges she was sexually harassed by the four after she had fallen unconscious due to an asthma attack while on the bus from Cempaka Putih in East Jakarta to Harmoni in Central Jakarta on Jan. 21, 2014.

The four suspects will be charged with violating Article 284 on fornication and Article 290  of the Criminal Code on sexual harassment  with a maximum sentence of seven years in prison, Rikwanto said.

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