Teacher arrested for sodomy<\/p>\n
Nana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Cirebon, West Java<\/p>\n
A teacher who allegedly molested or sodomized eight of his
\nelementary school pupils in Cirebon during the past three months
\nhad been arrested, police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Cirebon Police said they delayed the arrest of Irfan bin Emon,
\n39, a social studies teacher at an elementary school, because he
\nwas a member of a polling station committee and busy with vote
\ncounting, chief Adj. Comr. Taufik Asrori said.<\/p>\n
\"We received reports of his behavior on Monday but we arrested
\nhim on Tuesday as we didn't want to disrupt the ballot counting
\nprocess,\" Taufik said.<\/p>\n
Taufik said the arrest came after a parent of one of the
\nchildren contacted police on Monday at 5:30 p.m. The parent
\nalleged his son, a fifth grade student, was molested in mid-
\nFebruary.<\/p>\n
\"In the report, it was alleged the suspect rubbed his penis
\nagainst the victim's,\" Taufik said.<\/p>\n
Detectives were then called in to arrest Irfan. When they
\narrived at Jl. Siliwangi near where his house was located they
\ncanceled their plan as he was busy counting votes at a polling
\nstation nearby.<\/p>\n
\"We eventually arrested him without any resistance on Tuesday
\nat 10:00 a.m. local time at his house,\" Taufik said.<\/p>\n
The suspect told police he had committed the offenses on the
\npretext of teaching sex education to his pupils. He was tempted
\nafter teaching his pupils about human reproduction, Taufik said.<\/p>\n
\"After reading about human reproductive organs and sex
\neducation, I was enticed to try it out myself,\" said Irfan, who
\nis to be married in July.<\/p>\n
He committed his first offense in late December inside a
\nclassroom after school hours, he said.<\/p>\n
Irfan admitted to committing sexual acts on eight of his male
\npupils aged 11 and 12, Taufik said.<\/p>\n
\"He has also admitted threatening them with low grades if they
\nrefused his advances. Pupils were also told not to report the
\nincidents to anyone,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The offenses were committed in different places, including the
\nclassroom, teacher's room and in the school laboratory.<\/p>\n
If found guilty for molestation he could face a three-year
\nprison sentence and\/or a fine of up to Rp 60 million (US$7,000),
\nTaufik said.<\/p>",
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