Five Key Legal Issues in the Jakarta School Sex Abuse Case By RICHARD C. PADDOCK Neil Bantleman (L), a teacher at Jakarta International School, comforts his wife Tracy after attending his trial in Jakarta on Dec. 16. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images JAKARTA — Verdicts are expected Thursday in the sex abuse trials of two educators at [...]
Oleh Richard C. Paddock JAKARTA—Duta Besar Amerika Serikat (AS) Robert O. Blake pada Selasa meminta pemerintah Indonesia menyelidiki dugaan penyiksaan terhadap para petugas kebersihan dalam kasus pelecehan seksual di Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS). Menurut Blake, investor dan negara asing memonitor kasus ini dari dekat. More In Asia Dilema AS di Laut Cina Selatan Tak Punya [...]
By Richard C. Paddock Updated Dec. 22, 2014 10:41 a.m. ET JAKARTA, Indonesia—An Indonesian court found five janitors guilty of sexually abusing a boy at a prestigious international school that serves the expatriate community and Indonesia’s elite. As the guilty verdicts rolled in over the course of the afternoon, defense lawyers said the judges had [...]
Janitors Confessed to Police but Later Recanted, Saying They Were Coerced By Richard C. Paddock Updated Dec. 23, 2014 10:38 a.m. ET JAKARTA, Indonesia—The U.S. ambassador to Indonesia and international business and human rights groups called for independent inquiries into court verdicts and allegations of police torture after five janitors at an international school were [...]