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Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembisa answers questions from journalists
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Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembisa answers questions from journalists. The ministry is finalizing a regulation, expected to come into force next year, that would allow the chemical castration of convicted sex offenders. (Kompas.com/Kahfi Dirga Cahya) (Kompas.com/Kahfi Dirga Cahya)
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span class="caption">Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembisa answers questions from journalists. The ministry is finalizing a regulation, expected to come into force next year, that would allow the chemical castration of convicted sex offenders. (Kompas.com/Kahfi Dirga Cahya)
Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembisa said on Tuesday that her ministry was finalizing a policy to punish sex offenders with chemical castration, with implementation slated for next year.
The final processes, Yohana said, included bringing a number of aspects in line with other ministries and state institutions.
"We hope to announce the regulation in the near future," she said as quoted by Antara news agency on Tuesday.
The government plans to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to enact the policy in light of a rising number of cases of sexual abuse of children.
Yohana said that the regulation was intended to have a deterrent effect on sexual predators.
She acknowledged the arguments against the policy raised by human rights activists, but insisted that her ministry had held a range of discussions and studies in the process of formulating the regulation.
Chemical castration, she said, would be an option for convicted sex offenders, with a number of methods currently under discussion.
Yohana added that her ministry had compiled a list of sexual offenses punishable by chemical castration, including sexual abuse of children. (rin)
