'They have absolutely, utterly ignored evidence in support of my husband'. "We suspect that the confession made by the people who got interrogated smells abusive," he said. Jakarta Intercultural School, formerly the Jakarta International School, is a private, international school in Jakarta, Indonesia. “Once a child takes on a false report much of the research we have here indicated that a large number of children will embellish the false report.”. He has called on the United Nations to conduct an independent investigation into the case. Neil Bantleman, 45, kissed his wife Tracy after his release from jail on Friday having had his conviction for abusing three kindergarten pupils at Jakarta Intercultural School overturned. ... A confession.". ................................ Advertisement ................................ Indonesian Court Overturns School Abuse Convictions.
"For me the next best hope for Neil is that we can bring him home at Christmas. "The question is exactly how he channelled his sexual needs," the judges said. Supporters have accused police of a botched investigation, and point to unfair trials, which the judge closed to the public as they involved children. Follow our live blog for the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic. "I know Neil is innocent, he knows he is innocent," Ms Bantleman told Foreign Correspondent. work with the ABC's Foreign Correspondent program to tell the story of her jailed husband.
The scandal, which erupted in April last year with accusations of abuse levelled at cleaning staff, has sparked deep unease among Jakarta's expatriate community and foreign governments alike. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group.
At the time, Australia's Ambassador Paul Grigson said he hoped due process would be followed. Which one? The couple has a two-year-old daughter Nabila, who has only ever seen her father behind bars. 'The outcome of the legal process and what it reveals about the rule of law in Indonesia will have a significant impact on Indonesia's reputation abroad.'. After nine hours reading the verdict at South Jakarta District Court, presiding judge Nur Aslam said that Bantleman was guilty of abusing the children. Mr Bantleman and Mr Tjiong were briefly released from jail at the end of last year when the Indonesian High Court overturned the conviction on appeal. “The question is exactly how he channelled his sexual needs,” the judges said. For Ms Bantleman, it's always been a difficult balance of whether to speak out or remain silent and work quietly behind the scenes. Like Ms Bantleman, Ms Iskandar has no doubt about her husband’s innocence.
Dr Muhammed Nasser, a member of Kompolnas, the National Police Commission at the time of the arrests, told Foreign Correspondent the cleaners' confessions may have been made after physical abuse. I don't know. An hour after Trump gave up on pandemic relief payments, a heartbreaking post appeared on Reddit, Virus will return 'in unprecedented terms' if Victoria reopens prematurely, Andrews says, Mother of bullied boy calls for new law to better protect children at school, 'I'm sick of hearing it': Broome man admits raping mother and daughter at knifepoint, 'Pretty drastic': Telstra and NBN outages hit thousands across NT. 'We are deeply disappointed with this outcome... the broad international community is following this case closely.
Ms Bantleman hopes to have her husband out of jail by the end of the year, although most legal experts agree that is unlikely. "This testimony cannot relate to someone to be a paedophile," he said, "Even less than once a week we cannot make it as data to call them a paedophile. Sunarti is the wife of Agun Iskandar, one of the six Indonesian cleaners. The only chance of release for Bantleman now is presidential clemency. Dr Muhammed Nasser, a member of Kompolnas, the National Police Commission at the time of the arrests, told Foreign Correspondent the cleaners’ confessions may have been made after physical abuse. The initial judgement found that the Canadian’s sex life with his wife was “abnormal” because they had sex about once a week and sometimes less. Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman, his Indonesian teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong and five school cleaners were sentenced to jail terms of up to 11 years. From Jakarta she is campaigning to free him. To applause and cheers from his supporters, who included many parents at the school, Bantleman said that he would appeal the verdict: 'We will continue to fight until the truth comes out.'. It is also alleged that of the six cleaners, five were beaten into making confessions, while one female colleague was not harmed and never confessed. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Before the trial: The couple were pictured hugging before Mr Bantleman was handed the devastating verdict in Jakarta today, Behind bars: Tracy Bantleman looked on in misery as her husband of two years languished behind bars while awaiting his trial.
The men have said the decision to prosecute them revolved around a separate lawsuit filed by the family of one of the alleged victims, which demands $125million in compensation from the school. It was established in 1951 for expatriate students living in Jakarta and is the largest international primary and secondary school in Indonesia. ', "I said 'would you dare to swear to our unborn baby, that you didn't do what was accused of you?' The school, independent investigators, and the United States, British, Canadian and Australian embassies in Jakarta have all questioned the legitimacy of the guilty verdict. Sie können Ihre Einstellungen jederzeit ändern. Honours system is being brought 'into disrepute' after officials admit they have no idea how many recipients... Pinkerton contractor who shot dead Navy vet, 49, in front of his son during Denver 'Patriot Rally' was NOT... DR MAX PEMBERTON: Why every parent should think twice about an affair, Pilot dies as his light aircraft crashes in Lake District hills.
ACG School Jakarta is an independent co-educational international school in South Jakarta, Indonesia.The school was established in 2004, and is a school for children from 2 to 17 years of age.
PHOTO: Masked inmates accused of assaulting children at the Jakarta Intercultural School. In the ruling the Supreme Court judges found the High Court made errors in its decision to release the men, including by dismissing the testimony of the alleged child victims. One of the male cleaners died in police custody. But when interviewed by Foreign Correspondent, Dr Tobing said he had found nothing during his interviews with Mr Bantleman or his assistant Mr Tjiong that could determine whether the men were paedophiles. In their ruling, the panel of District Court judges found that "normally it happens every day or at least two or three time per week", and that "usually men would at least masturbate but he doesn't do it". Then he unmatched her, Daniel Andrews' top public servant quits over hotel quarantine evidence, Another six crew members test positive for coronavirus on cargo ship off WA coast, After four years of punishing drought, Rick still needs to pinch himself at this year's harvest, Public servant who climbed into colleague's bed found guilty of rape. Track Coronavirus pandemic in India and get the latest COVID-19 news from around the world on ndtv.com/coronavirus.
"You really need to pace yourself because it's exhausting and stressful.". Hints of a compromise on EU access to British waters as trade... Boss of fashion giant Kurt Geiger slams Rishi Sunak's decision to axe duty-free shopping as 'ludicrous'. "It needs to be known that I am standing beside my husband because he's an innocent man. "That's the target — you can't live past that, otherwise it will bring you down.". “Right now in my mind, I’m giving a very large timeframe for the judicial review,” she said. This was just one of the surreal allegations that led to Bantleman, along with Indonesian teaching assistant Ferdinant Tjiong and five local cleaning staff employed at the prestigious Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS), being charged with child sex abuse in 2015 following a high-profile case that was met with international outcry amid allegations of forced confessions and widespread corruption. She alleges he was beaten into confessing. Now the 48-year-old's final legal bid for freedom, a judicial review, has failed.
But in February the nation's highest court, the Supreme Court, overruled the acquittal and increased the teachers' jail terms from 10 to 11 years. "We challenge the court decision and that is what we are doing now.". Seven staff from the Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) are serving lengthy jail terms for allegedly sexually abusing kindergarten children. "It's not the case of children making up stories, it's a case of biased adults putting stories into the minds of children," he said. Happier times: Neil and Tracy Bantleman, pictured at a wedding in Scotland in July 2013, are staying together despite allegations he has abused a young boy at the Jakarta school where they both work, Staying together: Neil and Tracy Bantleman, pictured here attending a friend's wedding in Bali, Indonesia.
Both men, who have strongly denied committing abuse, received backing from the school, parents, and the international community. Calls for case into child sex abuse scandal at prestigious Jakarta school to be ... Masked inmates accused of assaulting children at the Jakarta Intercultural School. "The outcome of the legal process will impact international views about the rule of law in Indonesia," the US Ambassador Robert Blake said in a February 2016 statement. An hour after Trump gave up on pandemic relief payments, a heartbreaking post appeared on Reddit, Virus will return 'in unprecedented terms' if Victoria reopens prematurely, Andrews says, Mother of bullied boy calls for new law to better protect children at school, 'I'm sick of hearing it': Broome man admits raping mother and daughter at knifepoint, 'Pretty drastic': Telstra and NBN outages hit thousands across NT. NEVER make love at night! Canadian man Neil Bantleman, a former teacher at the prestigious Jakarta Intercultural School, was first jailed in 2015 for allegedly sexually abusing kindergarten children. "The injustice is massive but that doesn't mean it's insurmountable, and so we'll just keep climbing and fighting for a long as it takes.". Sunarti is the wife of Agun Iskandar, one of the six Indonesian cleaners.
He will continue to serve his 11-year jail term in Jakarta's grossly overcrowded Cipinang prison.
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