Teacher gets life in prison for raping 13 students


AN Indonesian court sentenced a teacher to life in prison for the rape of 13 students, in a case that has drawn national attention to sexual abuse in some of the country’s religious boarding schools.

The Bandung district court in West Java yesterday found Herry Wirawan guilty of raping 13 female students, all minors, and impregnating at least eight of them.

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