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Police arrest Koran recital teacher for child molestation
Police have arrested a male Koran recital teacher, known only by the initials MAF, in Cigudeg, Bogor regency, West Java, for allegedly sexually abusing 14 of his students
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olice have arrested a male Koran recital teacher, known only by the initials MAF, in Cigudeg, Bogor regency, West Java, for allegedly sexually abusing 14 of his students.
'All victims are his under-aged male students,' Bogor Police chief detective, Adj. Comr. Didik Purwanto told reporters on Monday as quoted by tempo.co.
He said that police arrested MAL after they received a report from the parents of AL, 13, one of the 14 victims.
He said that according to the report from AL, MAL usually invited him and his friends to the teacher's house. Afterwards, MAL asked them to massage his body parts.
When the victims were sleeping, he allegedly began to abuse them sexually, he added.
'AL saw this with his own eyes when the suspect allegedly rubbed his genitals to his body,' he said.
Didik said that MAF also threatened AL if he reported his teacher to the police, adding that the suspect could be charged with Article 82 of the Child Protection Law, which carried a 12-year prison sentence. (alz/nvn)
