Sex orgy scandal rocks religious regency of Cianjur

Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Pos, /Bandung

Police are questioning several teachers and students believed to have been involved in an orgy at a Cianjur school that has stunned people in the regency. The police embarked on an investigation into the case after reports in local media on Sunday over the scandal, said Adj. Comr. Wardoli, Cianjur Police chief of detectives.

The scandal was made public after a teacher reported to the media that 11 students and a teacher were expelled from the senior high school after they were found to have involved in an orgy in a classroom. Some students were reported to have kissed each other and had oral sex in the classroom. As the story went to press, many Cianjur residents rushed to search for a video compact disc of the event, but to no avail. The event, however, was reported to have been recorded with a camera phone.

The case has tarnished Cianjur's image, a poor regency of some two million people. The regency is known for its devout Muslims and has even imposed sharia. Its regent Wasidi Swastomo even proclaimed on March 26, 2001 that he would prioritize moral development in the Cianjur development plan.

But, Aan Suwandi, principal of Cianjur II senior high school, asserted that only two students were involved in the scandal, a male and a female student and they have been expelled from the school. The other nine students and a teacher were expelled for a different reason.

"We hope that the case will not be blown out of proportion," said Aan.

Other sources with the school said a teacher who was also a school counsellor summoned two students, Im and Yn, after they were caught smoking in a classroom.

As the two young girls were reprimanded and labeled slutty by the teacher, they yelled back at the teacher and revealed that many more students in the school had been involved in prostitution. The two students revealed that not only the students, but a teacher with the school had also been involved in prostitution. The two students even acknowledged they had had sex with teacher Dd in Cipanas tourist resort here, but Dd never paid them although he had promised to. Stunned by their account, the school launched an investigation into the case and questioned teacher Dd, the two female students and other students who reportedly were working as freelance sex workers.

They were all expelled after they admitted their wrongdoing.

Yn admitted to the media later on Sunday that she had kissed and had oral sex inside the classroom and the scene was recorded through a camera phone. But, she quickly added that it had been erased from the camera phone and therefore it was not possible the scene could have been circulated in VCD form. Yn, who is five months pregnant, has married her boyfriend while other students are reportedly applying for other schools.

Dani, a Cianjur resident, blamed consumerism for the rampant prostitution among senior high school students in Cianjur.

"Cianjur has been called a religious regency, but who can guarantee that religious education can overcome the growing consumerism among school students, promoted by television?" he said.

Although the students live in a remote regency, they are keen to possess cell phones, cosmetics and enjoy the good life like fellow teenagers in cities such as Jakarta and Bandung, said Dani.