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View all search resultsLawmakers press universities over handling of sexual harassment
Lawmakers on Monday pressed the government and university leaders to strengthen campus sexual harassment safeguards, following public outrage over recent cases involving dozens of University of Indonesia (UI) students and a Padjadjaran University professor.
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A law graduate poses on April 16, 2026, for a photo with the statue of noted legal scholar Djokosoetono, the founding dean of the University of Indonesia’s (UI) Faculty of Law in the faculty’s campus in Depok, West Java, after receiving her graduation certificate. UI has suspended 16 law students after a sexually explicit group chat about their female peers went viral, sparking a debate about gender violence. (AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)
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awmakers on Monday pressed the government and university leaders to strengthen campus sexual harassment safeguards, following public outrage over recent cases involving dozens of University of Indonesia (UI) students and a Padjadjaran University professor.
UI has suspended 16 law students over a group chat containing vulgar remarks and the objectification of female students and lecturers, while Padjadjaran University has suspended a professor from its Faculty of Nursing who allegedly sent lewd messages to an exchange student.
In response, House of Representatives Commission X overseeing education summoned officials from the Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry and rectors from several major universities to review prevention and response mechanisms, including the Task Force for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in Higher Education (PPKPT).
The closed-door meeting, which lasted more than two hours, was attended by senior ministry officials and representatives from UI, Padjadjaran University, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB).
Speaking after the meeting, higher education ministry secretary-general Badri Munir Sukoco said the government shared deep concern over sexual harassment on campus, while noting that the rising number of reports also reflected improved reporting channels through the PPKPT.
He claimed the ministry was stepping up efforts to strengthen prevention systems, including introducing performance contracts for university leaders that make PPKPT implementation a key indicator.
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