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Indonesian Cleric Gets 4 Years Jail Over Sex With Child Bride
November 24, 2010

Pujiono Cahyo Widiyanto, center in white, a wealthy Muslim cleric was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday for having sex with a 12-year-old girl he took as his unofficial wife. (AFP Photo) Pujiono Cahyo Widiyanto, center in white, a wealthy Muslim cleric was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday for having sex with a 12-year-old girl he took as his unofficial wife. (AFP Photo)
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devine
3:33am Nov 26, 2010

"Widiyanto — also known as Sheikh Puji — said the girl had reached puberty when he married her in an unofficial religious ceremony, and claimed his actions were acceptable under Islam"

Sir, then PLEASE emigrate to a MUSLIM state. Here we have Pancasila and not your Islamic law. You are at the wrong place you pervert !!! And OC Kaligis: on WHAT grounds to appeal. Your client is a CRIMINAL of the worst kind. But since he so rich he can afford you and is out of touch with our law too.

TGIF
4:44pm Nov 25, 2010

"We'll appeal against the decision," Widiyanto's lawyer OC Kaligis said."

Who else are "WE" ?? The Saudis too...

Will this be a lesson for those who think that this kind of medieval marriage is legal in this day and age. Furthermore those (radicals) who think that infidels would rot in hell better think twice before saying it out loud...your actions are far worse.


tempodulu
3:17pm Nov 25, 2010

he'll be out in no time. That's the reality.

DrDez
2:13pm Nov 25, 2010

Hopefully this might send a message to the countless other people considering an underage bride... I agree 12 yrs for consenting adult sex v 4 years for child abuse ... This country never stops amazing me

To Asoegenie - I agree with your point but consider the pressure brought on the family.

Sad Dez


Leslie_Williams
2:01pm Nov 25, 2010

The sentence is certainly incongruous and not fitting the crime, particluarly what they are demanding for poor old Ariel who has been languishing in prison for so long whilst they can drum-up some obscure law under which he can be charged.

Jakarta. An Indonesian court sentenced a wealthy Muslim cleric to four years in prison on Wednesday for having sex with a 12-year-old girl he took as his unofficial wife.

Pujiono Cahyo Widiyanto, 45, from the Central Java city of Semarang, sparked nationwide controversy over his decision to wed Lutfiana Ulfa in August, 2008.

"The defendant has been proven to have had a sexual relationship with an underage girl, Lutfiana Ulfa. We sentence him to four years in prison," judge Hari Mulyanto said.

Lutfiana screamed hysterically when she heard the sentence read out in court.

"We'll appeal against the decision," Widiyanto's lawyer OC Kaligis said.

Widiyanto — also known as Sheikh Puji — said the girl had reached puberty when he married her in an unofficial religious ceremony, and claimed his actions were acceptable under Islam.

The age of consent in Indonesia is 16 for married females and 18 for males.

Indonesian law has harsh penalties for pedophilia, but unregistered marriages between older men and under-age girls are common in rural areas.


Agence France-Presse