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Fomer green leader in Kalimantan convicted of child molestation
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Balikpapan District Court has sentenced a former leader of a youth organization to 12 years in prison after he was found guilty of molesting nine teenagers. (Shutterstock/File)
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he Balikpapan District Court has sentenced a former leader of a youth organization to 12 years in prison after he was found guilty of molesting nine teenagers.
Pandu Dharma Wicaksono, 22, led Green Generation, an environmental organization for teenagers, when he abused nine boys in several different cities in his capacity as the organization’s chief.
The police received the first complaint from a victim in October last year and later discovered another eight victims. All nine boys were underage.
Pandu was immediately arrested in Yogyakarta, and later Green Generation dismissed him from his position.
The panel of judges said the Balikpapan native was guilty of sodomy, which was revealed in the victims’ testimonies.
“The defendant will also be fined Rp 1 million [US$67.40],” said presiding judge Agus Akhyudi on Wednesday when delivering the verdict.
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Pandu decided to appeal the verdict.
Before the case emerged, Pandu was known as a youth with abundant achievements. When he was arrested in Yogyakarta in November, he was waiting to graduate from Gadjah Mada University. He was also preparing to go to the United Kingdom to continue his studies.
Police investigation found that the nine victims were aged between 12 and 17 in 2013 when the crime took place. They were students in junior and senior high schools. Pandu himself was 17 years old at the time.
The victims resided in Balikpapan and Samarinda, East Kalimantan, and in Tarakan, North Kalimantan.
