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House of Representatives Commission VIII overseeing religious and social affairs is set to meet with representatives of the Culture and Education Ministry and the Religious Affairs Ministry to discuss a more concerted effort to combat sex crimes, says a lawmaker.
The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has advised the police to involve psychiatrists when dealing with child victims of sexual abuse, by requesting a "visum et psychiatricum". The call follows the issuance of a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) that allows tougher sentences to be laid on sexual abusers of children.
A civil society group has called on the government to include sex education in the school curriculum starting from this year to prevent wrong and misguided information on sexuality from shaping children's views, often leading them down dangerous paths.
A House of Representatives lawmaker has criticized the government's inaction on aiding the recovery of victims of sexual crimes, pointing out that the newly signed regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on sexual violence against children was purely perpetrator oriented.
Child molesters have recently caused growing fear in the community, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo says, and in response the State Palace has issued a regulation in lieu of law, and thus immediately effective, creating a special legal umbrella that allows new controversial punishments for the sake of child protection.
