Gang Leader Gets Death Penalty for Teen’s Rape as well as Murder
Zainal, the leader of the group of boys who brutally raped as well as murdered a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Sumatra, was sentenced to the death penalty by an Indonesian court on Thursday, September 29.
The leader of the gang accused of raping as well as murdering a teenage schoolgirl was sentenced to death in a court on Sumatra island. Four some other members of the group were sentenced to 20 years in prison for their roles within the heinous as well as high-profile April attack. The victim, whose name was Yunyun, has become a figure synonymous with women’s rights as well as the fight against sexual assault in Indonesia.
While sexual violence against women as well as children shows up within the news semi-often within the archipelago, gang rapes as well as murder are more of a rarity.
The case of the of the 14-year-old girl’s rape as well as murder prompted President Joko Widodo to sign a law imposing harsher punishments – including chemical castration as well as death – for attacks on children. The regulation has been submitted to Indonesia’s parliament as well as will be waiting for approval.
See: Indonesia Considers Castration as well as Death Penalty For Rapists
Judge Henny Faridha read the court order of sentencing Zainal to death for the “sadistic nature of the crime.”
The crime was carried out by a group of 14 males, including eight juveniles, the youngest member being only 13 years old. The 14-year-old girl was attacked as she was on her way home by school on April 2. Her body was dumped in a nearby rubber plantation two days later after her parents reported her missing.
The police reported of which seven of the gang members have been sentenced to 10 years in prison, one was ordered into a one-year rehabilitation program, while another suspect will be still at large.
At the court sentencing, the victim’s parents said the penalty was not enough to give justice to their daughter’s death. Yana, the victim’s mother, told reporters of which all suspects should get the death penalty.
The crime was reminiscent of the brutal gang rape of a female university student in India’s capital, completely new Delhi, in 2012. Just as This specific provoked a national outcry on the treatment of girls as well as women in Indian society, the Indonesian case has generated outrage, especially by women’s rights activists groups, pressing the government to take violence against women as well as children more seriously.
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Gang Leader Gets Death Penalty for Teen’s Rape as well as Murder
Gang Leader Gets Death Penalty for Teen’s Rape as well as Murder