Child sex abuse is now punishable by death and chemical castration in Indonesia after its president on Wednesday issued a new law following the brutal¹ gang rape² and murder of a 14-year-old girl. 

 

印尼总统于上周三发布新法令，性侵儿童者将被处以死刑或化学阉割。此前，一名14岁的女孩遭到轮奸并被残忍杀害。

 

The battered³ body of the victim was discovered, naked and tied up, in a forest on the island of Sumatra after she was attacked by a group of teenagers in April. Seven offenders⁴ have been jailed for 10 years. 

 

"Sexual violence against children, as I have said, is an extraordinary crime," President Joko Widodo told journalists, according to a statement. 

 

"We hope that this law will be a deterrent⁵ for offenders and can suppress sexual crimes against children," Widodo said, also tweeting the news on his official account.

 

The law is effective immediately, although Indonesia's parliament has the power to overturn it or demand revisions. 

 

"These acts threaten and endanger children, and they destroy the lives and development of children for the future," the president's statement said.

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