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Man Arrested for Sexual Assault of 3 Orphaned Teens in Bali
Made Arya Kencana | February 04, 2012

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Denpasar. Police in Bali have arrested a man, identified as Kadek M.Y., for the sexual abuse of three teenage orphans.

The alleged victims have been identified only as N.M.,16; N.A.,14; and W.M.,14. The police did not reveal the gender of the three, who live at an orphanage in South Kuta, Badung.

Police said the suspect lured the three by making them believe they would be taking part in a musical performance with a famous singer.

“The suspect, who works as an event organizer, lured the victims with the promise that they would be sharing a stage with singer Ayu Ting Ting,” Arif Sugiarto, chief of detectives at the Denpasar Police, said on Friday.

Arif said Kadek was arrested after the victims reported him to the police on Monday. He could face up to 15 years in prison.

Police said the suspect had planned his crime well in advance, approaching the orphanage about staging a concert. Kadek allegedly convinced the orphanage’s director, Wayan Nika, to give the children permission to take part.

To make it look convincing, Kadek allegedly arranged five rehearsals at the orphanage, and three at a Denpasar music studio.

On the way to a fourth rehearsal on the night of Jan. 27, Kadek allegedly told the three that they were “unwell” and would need “therapy” before performing. He then allegedly took them to a hotel in Denpasar.

“It was at the hotel that he sexually assaulted the three victims,” Arif said.

The case is the latest in a long line of sexual assaults on children reported in Bali. Last month, the Denpasar Police handled a case in which three middle school children were allegedly pimped out by a young woman.

Ida Bagus Putu Alit, director of the Joint Team for Recording and Reporting Violence Against Women and Children at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar, said the number of sexual assaults against children was expected to remain high this year.

In 2011, she saw 28 children who had been sexually assaulted, up from 22 in 2010.

“The tactics vary, from kidnapping children on their way home from school to preying on children close to the perpetrator’s family so the victims are not reluctant to visit their attacker’s home,” she said.