Fake 'dukun' arrested for alleged sexual abuse of 20 young girls


JAKARTA (ANN): The Garut Police in West Java revealed on Wednesday that they had arrested a 26-year-old self-proclaimed dukun (shaman) identified as RGS for the alleged sexual assault of 20 underage girls.

According to a statement made by one of the reported victims' parents, RGS had told the girls they would encounter bad luck and they could avoid it by letting him touch them or have sexual intercourse with them, said Garut Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Budi Satria Wiguna

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