So the man grabbed him and locked him in the toilet and undressed him - mother at school parents' meeting Now Bantleman, his fellow accused and their supporters are fighting to clear their names.įoreign Correspondent goes behind the scenes of that fight and traces the scandal from its beginnings, when a mother first alleged an assault on her five-year-old son. one of the male cleaners who say they were beaten into making confessionsĬritics call this case a serious miscarriage of justice, citing the alleged torture and a general absence of credible evidence. They hit me with a metal chair and a hose.
A sixth cleaner died, suspiciously, in police custody. So too were five school cleaners, including a woman. But Bantleman is not alone: teaching assistant Ferdi Tjiong was jailed for alleged child abuse. The case triggered a media frenzy, transfixed the Indonesian public and galvanised prosecutors.
It's like, is this a movie? Is this a nightmare? - Neil BantlemanĪ westerner accused of preying on the children of the nation's elite. Now Neil Bantleman is serving 11 years in a Jakarta jail after being convicted of sexually assaulting three little boys. They scored dream jobs at the prestigious Jakarta International School, teaching the scions of wealthy Indonesians and expats.
Canadian couple Neil and Tracy Bantleman came to Indonesia as idealistic young teachers in search of adventure.
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