Suffer the Children

Sexual offences against children are on the rise. Sentences for pimps and pedophiles are far too lenient.

Tempo

June 8, 2004

LISTEN to the horror story about fresh-faced young girls who should be enjoying the movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, or using their energies on the basketball court or studying for math tests, or even wondering in perplexity about the changes in their bodies. They are just about to enter their teens, a time in their lives when their rights should be protected by their parents and by the state.

Yet, in a corner of Jakarta called Ment

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