Indonesia's top court jails woman who reported sexual harassment


  • World
  • Friday, 05 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Supreme Court has jailed a woman who tried to report her employer for alleged sexual harassment, in a ruling that rights groups said on Friday risked turning victims of sexual abuse into criminals.

The Supreme Court found Baiq Nuril Maknun, who was a teacher on the island of Lombok, guilty of violating strict anti-pornography laws. It overturned her acquittal by a lower court and jailed her for six months.

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