Indonesia teacher gets life in prison for rape of 13 students


BANDUNG (AFP): An Indonesian court on Tuesday (Feb 14) sentenced a teacher to life in prison for the rape of 13 students, in a case that has drawn national attention to sexual abuse in some of the country's religious boarding schools.

Bandung district court in West Java found Herry Wirawan guilty of raping 13 female students, all minors, and impregnating at least eight of them.

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