People join and light candles during Solidarity Night for Save Our Sisters At Proclamation Monument in Jakarta on May, 13. The event was held to show solidarity for victims of sexual violence and commemorate the 40th day of the death of Y, the 14-year-old girl who was brutally raped and killed by 14 young men in Bengkulu.(Antara/Aprilio Akbar).
JAKARTA: 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.
Among the punishments is the chemical castration of convicted child rapists.
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