Girl, 12, Flees From 60-Year-Old Husband to Attend School
Aidi Yursal & Nurfika Osman | March 25, 2010
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365524Magdalena Sitorus, a KPAID commissioner in Jakarta, said some parents felt children were their possessions. “I think parents who do this should be punished. However, we do not have any law regarding this,” she said.
It's getting old, isn't it? That we keep asking, wondering, where is the government when we need them most??? We DON'T have a law regarding this????
A marriage as a mean to 'legalize' sex with minors ? truly pathetic and sad!
She became a victim of people who should have protected her (the father and the cleric).
I'd say light your torch..grab your pitchforks..push those people to a snake pit.
Disgusting, perverted....by the father, by the so called "cleric" and by the "husband"! And what did the police do? NOTHING!!!
Poor little girl!
This young girl and her sister should be held up as national heroes. Their bravery and common sense and decency and sense of self-worth are an inspiration. Honour and protect them. And let the nation learn from their courage.
And then prosecute their father and that dirty old man.
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Medan. Other 12-year-old girls complain about homework and exams, but a fifth-grader in Medan had to run away and sneak into school just to attend classes after her father forced her to marry a 60-year-old man.
The girl, identified as AG, reported her plight to the Medan office of the Indonesia Child Protection Commission (KPAID) on Tuesday. Accompanied by her 28-year-old sister, AG said her parents forced her to marry the man, identified as MIG, in October. Rismawati, AG’s sister, told the Jakarta Globe on Wednesday that her little sister had escaped from her husband’s house and was staying with her.
“She ran away from her husband’s house because she really wants to keep going to school,” Rismawati said.
She said AG was married by a cleric in front of their parents with a Rp 100,000 ($11) dowry. She said AG refused the marriage at first but their father beat her severely with a leather belt and punched her in the head.
Rismawati said they decided to go to KPAID after a police report they filed four months ago had no effect.
Every day, Rismawati took AG to her school and waited for her until her classes finished. She said she was worried that MIG’s employees would kidnap her sister and take her back to his house and AG would not be able to return to school.
Rismawati condemned MIG for marrying her younger sister against her will. She said MIG was only thinking about his own needs while ignoring the fact that AG was underage.
She said MIG promised her family that he would buy AG a house and a motorcycle. She said she did not know if he had fulfilled his promise.
The chairman of Pusaka Indonesia Foundation, of which KPAID is a member, promised to pursue the complaint. “We will sit with the police and discuss what has been keeping them from investigating the case thoroughly. We will find solutions together. We are good friends with the police,” Eddy Iksan said.
Hasan Basri, of Medan’s education agency, said that while he regretted that a child who was supposed to be in school was married to a much older man against her will, it was difficult to interfere because it was a private matter.
Magdalena Sitorus, a KPAID commissioner in Jakarta, said some parents felt children were their possessions.
“I think parents who do this should be punished. However, we do not have any law regarding this,” she said.
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