Police in the regency of Sragen, Central Java are currently pursuing a teacher of the country’s native martial art, pencak silat, who is believed to have raped one of his underage students.
The teacher, who has been identified by police by his initial S, allegedly tricked his student, a 15-year-old girl identified by her initials FS, into having sex with him in order to pass his test and become a silat teacher herself.
“Before FS could teach, she was told by the culprit that she had a negative aura that must be expelled,” Sragen Police Crime Investigation Unit Head Harno told reporters yesterday, as quoted by Kompas.
“At first the victim was given a glass of water. According to her, after drinking it, she felt weak.”
Harno said that S had sex with his alleged victim once then, and then another time some time later after the silat master told FS that her negative aura hadn’t been fully expelled.
The police say they have reason to believe that FS has raped two of his students, but only FS has come forward to report him so far.
FS, along with her family, reported the allegation to the police on June 12, but S has not yet been caught.
Child sexual abuse is a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison in Indonesia, with up to one-third of the term added to the sentence if the perpetrator is a relative, mentor or close acquaintance.
