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East Java boarding school head gets 20 years’ jail, chemical castration for sexual abuse
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The man was found guilty of sexually assaulting eight underage students at the boarding school in East Java, Indonesia.
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SUMENEP, East Java – In one of East Java’s toughest rulings on sexual abuse, the Sumenep District Court has sentenced the head of a local Islamic boarding school, or pesantren, to 20 years in prison and chemical castration for assaulting his students.
In a closed-door hearing on Dec 9, a panel of judges led by Chief Judge Andri Lesmana found 51-year-old M. Sahnan guilty of sexually assaulting eight underage students at the Darul Abror Islamic Boarding School in Arjasa district from 2016 to 2024.
