Jakarta Globe, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Bayu Marhaenjati, Apr 23, 2014
Jakarta. The Indonesian Commission for Child Protection announced another 6-year-old boy has stepped forward to report that he, too, had suffered from sexual abuse at the hands of Jakarta International School’s janitorial staff.
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| A second rape victim has come forward in the scandal gripping the Jakarta International School. (JG Photo/ Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) |
Jakarta. The Indonesian Commission for Child Protection announced another 6-year-old boy has stepped forward to report that he, too, had suffered from sexual abuse at the hands of Jakarta International School’s janitorial staff.
Erlinda,
the secretary of the commission known as the KPAI, claimed on Wednesday that
teachers and management of the international school, commonly referred to as
JIS, had known about the incident but made attempts to prevent details from
coming to light.
She said
the boy had described his assailants, one of whom is believed to be one of the
two suspects currently in police custody.
“He doesn’t
know [their names]. He only referred to them as ‘the big boys,’ or ‘the blue,’”
Erlinda said, referring to the janitors’ uniform.
The boy is
in the same class as the first victim, whose rape case triggered a firestorm of
legal and media scrutiny on one of Jakarta’s most expensive private schools.
Erlinda
said the incident occurred in February and mirrored the other case, with the
alleged rape occurring in the school bathroom, beyond the coverage of the
school’s closed-circuit television cameras.
The KPAI
vowed to protect the boy even though JIS had provided the services of their
psychologist.
“We will
take over. The boy will be given therapy to cope with the traumatizing
memories,” she said.
She called
on police to collect blood and DNA samples from all JIS employees.
Meanwhile,
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr Rikwanto said the Jakarta Police’s Women’s
and Children Unit is seeking to charge the school for negligence that led to
the sexual assault of its students.
“It will be
developed into [a case of] negligence,” Rikwanto said, adding that
investigators would question teachers, student councilors and the school’s
principal.
“We will summon
members of the teaching staff as well as their principal to collect details on
their teaching methodology, and how they watch over their students, because
such an unspeakable act should not have been allowed to occurred within the
school compound,” Rikwanto said.
The police
spokesman said the teachers should have been aware of any behavioral changes in
their students as they were the ones the children were closest to.
Furthermore,
he said, it was the teachers’ responsibility to approach a child if she
displayed any signs of fear or discomfort.
“It’s like
this: a class consists of 16 students. The teacher should keep track of each
student under his or her care. For instance, when a student asks for permission
to go to the rest room, or when they want to eat, and so on,” Rikwanto said.
“It’s easy
to detect when a child has experienced extraordinary physical and psychological
changes,” he added.
The
Education Ministry has ordered the JIS kindergarten campus closed in the wake
of the scandal, citing its lack of an operating permit, while the immigration
department says it will review the work permits of the foreign staff employed
there.
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| Indonesian mothers protest against child sexual abuse in Banda Aceh, following incidents of child sexual abuse in the Aceh province and in the capital, Jakarta. (AFP Photo/Chaideer Mahyuddin) |
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William
James Vahey in 2013, left, and 2004. The teacher, 64,
killed himself after
confessing to drugging and molesting
children while on field trips. Photograph:
AP
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