Indonesia mulls microchips for child rapists


Indonesian female activists demonstrate during a peace rally against sexual violence on children and on women in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 11 May 2016. - EPA

JAKARTA: Indonesia is considering microchipping convicted child rapists after the brutal gang rape and murder of a schoolgirl sparked demands for tougher punishments, authorities said Friday.

The 14-year-old girl was set upon by a gang of drunken men and boys as she walked home from school on the western island of Sumatra.

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