Although no resounding evidence against them was ever given, both teachers have been sentenced to ten years imprisonment. “He is in a cell with 300 other inmates and we hope he will be transferred to a smaller cell in the prison as soon as possible. Courtesy of CBC Also in 2014, teacher Neil Bantleman and teaching assistant Ferdi Tjiong were arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a child at the Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS). “Neil is currently being held in an adjacent compound to Cipinang prison, where he was detained during his trial, called Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Cipinangm,” said Guy Bantleman, Neil’s brother, in a statement. READ MORE: Re-arrest of Neil Bantleman in Indonesia ‘inhumane’ and ‘ridiculous,’ wife chargesīut that acquittal was overturned last Wednesday and Bantleman turned himself in to Indonesian officials where he was taken into custody.

They appealed to the country’s High Court and were acquitted last August. Neil Bantleman and his teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong were convicted in 2014 on charges of abusing three young boys at the Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) and were sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Neil and Ferdi Story Two Jakarta International School teachers, Neil Bentleman, right, and Ferdinant Tjiong, left, were each handed 10-year prison terms by a South Jakarta court for sexually abusing three boys.

Send this page to someone via email emailĪ Canadian school teacher acquitted of sexually abusing children at a private school in Indonesia but who was re-arrested last week following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court, is now in a jail cell with 300 prisoners, according to his family.

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