Duo in Jakarta school abuse case ordered back to prison


JAKARTA: A Canadian and an Indonesian have been ordered back to jail for committing sex abuse at Jakarta international school after their acquittals were overturned, a court official said, in the latest dramatic twist in the long-running case.

The Supreme Court in Jakarta on Wednes­day overturned the acquittals handed down by a lower court in the case of administrator Neil Bantleman, who also holds British nationality, and teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong, a court spokesman said yesterday.

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