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INDONESIA WILL BEGIN chemically castrating convicted paedophiles in an effort to combat child sex abuse, an official said, after a string of high-profile attacks.
“(It) will make people think a thousand times before committing such crimes,” Attorney-General Muhammad Prasetyo said late Tuesday after the move was agreed at a cabinet meeting led by President Joko Widodo.
“This crime is extraordinary and there have been so many victims.”
He said the punishment would be authorised soon through a presidential directive, which means it will automatically become law without parliament having to vote on it.
It would be carried out by injecting paedophiles with female hormones, he said.
Indonesia joins a small group of places that use chemical castration against child sex offenders, including Poland and some states in the US. In 2011, South Korea became the first Asian country to legalise the punishment.
Indonesia has been shocked by a series of high-profile child sex attacks. The most recent case was the kidnap, rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl.
Her body was discovered stuffed in a cardboard box in the capital Jakarta earlier this month, and an autopsy revealed that she had been repeatedly sexually assaulted.
Under current laws, child sex abuse is punishable by 15 years in jail but in many cases paedophiles have been handed short sentences.
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DOB artical has comments disabled again..
are the comments not usually closed while a case is on going ?
yes they are, which means every other article will be plagued by idiots commenting about DOB just like the last time
they ruined the comments sections the last time they did that .
There are better campaigns to wage if they looked. They only mess about here because it’s the easiest place to post and has the highest viewing stats.
Denis o brien is treasonous filth.
Russel Erwood is probably related to Tom le Fol. It is always who you know not what you know. Nepotism rears its ugly head again.
I thought Enda Kenny had a new job there for a minute.
Nah Paul they were looking for a fool not an idiot…
He has to go back to his own village soon.
“Any experience?”. “Yes, I played Panicky Idiot Number Two in The Poseidon Adventure.” “Sorry, we’re looking for more of a ‘duh duh’ idiot.”
Let’s talk about Dennis
*insert joke government being a bunch of clowns*
It was not hard to find a jester in Wales-
Ours are in the Dail.
wonder how much he’s being paid for that ?
50 quid plus the dole. It’s not funny.
ah that’s not bad for acting the fool three times a week !
Uxbridge recently elected theirs.
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