Investigation warned of police torture claims in Jakarta international school alleged sex abuse case

By Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies
Updated September 13 2016 - 11:13pm, first published 5:26pm
Neil Bantleman and Ferdinant Tjiong leaving the police station to be transferred to prison.  Photo: Michael Bachelard
Neil Bantleman and Ferdinant Tjiong leaving the police station to be transferred to prison. Photo: Michael Bachelard
From left: Ferdinant Tjiong and Neil Bantleman. Photo: Michael Bachelard
From left: Ferdinant Tjiong and Neil Bantleman. Photo: Michael Bachelard
Yayah Heriyah, the wife of Syahrial, one of the cleaners jailed for alleged sex abuse at Jakarta Intercultural School, carries her son Muhammad Farid outside Jakarta's Cipinang prison.   Photo: Tatan Syuflana
Yayah Heriyah, the wife of Syahrial, one of the cleaners jailed for alleged sex abuse at Jakarta Intercultural School, carries her son Muhammad Farid outside Jakarta's Cipinang prison. Photo: Tatan Syuflana
Yayah Heriyah says that when she was reunited with her husband Syahrial after his arrest in 2014, he had been so severely beaten that she did not recognise him. Photo: Tatan Syuflana
Yayah Heriyah says that when she was reunited with her husband Syahrial after his arrest in 2014, he had been so severely beaten that she did not recognise him. Photo: Tatan Syuflana

Jakarta: An investigation into the alleged sex abuse of children at a prestigious Jakarta international school warned some of the suspects claimed to have been tortured by police until they confessed.

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