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Indonesia introduces death, chemical castration for paedophiles

JAKARTA, Indonesia(AFP) — Indonesia’s president Wednesday approved tough new punishments for child sex offenders, including a maximum penalty of death and chemical castration, after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a schoolgirl. Convicted paedophiles could also be forced to wear electronic monitoring devices following their release from jail under new rules introduced in an emergency decree. “This regulation is intended to overcome the crisis caused by sexual violence against children,” President Joko Widodo said late […]