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Bandung 'pesantren' teacher sentenced to death for rape of 13 students
The court handed down its verdict on Monday after prosecutors filed an appeal against a lower court’s sentence of life imprisonment.
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Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) teacher Herry Wirawan (center) attends a hearing in his trial for rape at a court in Bandung, West Java, on Feb. 15. (AFP/Timur Matahari)
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he Bandung High Court sentenced Herry Wirawan, a pesantren (Islamic boarding school) teacher from Bandung, West Java, to death for the rape of more than a dozen students in a case that has shed light on sexual abuse at the country’s religious boarding schools.
The court handed down its verdict on Monday after prosecutors filed an appeal against a lower court’s sentence of life imprisonment for Herry.
The teacher had been found guilty of raping 13 female students, all of whom were minors at the time, and impregnating at least eight of them.
The high court judges wrote that the fact that Herry’s actions had caused trauma and suffering for the victims and their parents had contributed to the panel’s decision to sentence him to death.
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The court also ordered Herry to pay more than Rp 300 million (US$20,909) in restitution for the victims, amending the lower court’s order that the Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry pay the restitution.
The bench also ordered the seizure and auction of Herry’s assets, the proceeds of which are to be used to provide financial support for the victims and their children.
