17 Children Raped Every Month: Indonesia

By Barrie | March 16th, 2007 |

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There is nothing that I find more disgusting than the abuse of women, whether it be physical, mental or sexual, but, when it comers to rape, then that is the pits of humanity and moreover when it happens to innocent children.

Not only are these vermin robbing the children of their innocence, they are destroying their mental attitudes for life and forever sentencing them to a life of feeling guilt and shame.
Here’s the article from the Tempo Magazine:

The National Commission for Protecting Children has revealed that there are approximately 17 cases of child-rape every month in Jakarta. Half of the sex crimes ended in murders.

“This is really worrying,” said Secretary General of the National Commission for Protecting Children Arist Merdeka Sirait yesterday (03/15).

The commission has collected data of child-rape cases from early 2006. Up until the first quarter of 2007, 248 cases involving children either as perpetrators or victims were found. “Ten cases ended up as murders,’ Arist said.

According to the National Commission for Protecting Children, rape cases involving children reached 26 percent of the total 930 cases in Jakarta.

Arist pointed out economic hardship, low education level, and violence shows on TV have triggered the high rate of child-rape cases. “The fact is that both victims and perpetrators came from mid-to-low class families,” he said.

FERY FIRMANSYAH

Category: Indonesian News, Daily, Jakarta

Tags: Children, Daily, Indonesia, Indonesian News, Jakarta, Rape, Tempo

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