CBC: the fifth estate: Testing the medical evidence of the Bantleman case
WEDNESDAY MARCH 2, 2016 IN JUSTICE AND LAW From the start of the Bantleman saga almost two years ago, a key element in convincing the Indonesian public and authorities that Bantleman, teaching assistant Ferdinant Tjiong and six janitors were guilty of sexual assault, were claims that one of the alleged child victims had contracted herpes [...]
the fifth estate Broadcast – SEASON 41 BROADCAST DATE : FEB 26, 2016
In a shocking reversal, the Supreme Court of Indonesia this week overturned the acquittal of Neil Bantleman, ordering the Canadian teacher back to prison for 11 years. Bantleman had been accused of sexually abusing school children – but our investigation first broadcast in January exposed serious flaws in the case against him. Bantleman and his [...]