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Virgin territory: Female police officers attend a ceremony near the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle after conducting security duties on Thursday

The Jakarta Post
Fri, November 21, 2014

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Virgin territory Virgin territory: Female police officers attend a ceremony near the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle after conducting security duties on Thursday. National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Ronny F. Sompie claimed that the force’s virginity test for female applicants had no bearing on the success of a candidate’s application. The force has for years practiced the test, which has attracted fierce condemnation in recent days. (JP/Jerry Adiguna) (JP/Jerry Adiguna)

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span class="inline inline-center">Virgin territory: Female police officers attend a ceremony near the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle after conducting security duties on Thursday. National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Ronny F. Sompie claimed that the force'€™s virginity test for female applicants had no bearing on the success of a candidate'€™s application. The force has for years practiced the test, which has attracted fierce condemnation in recent days. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)

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