DHAKA: Indonesia has hard-bitten its punishments for child rapists to include the death penalty and chemical castration.

It follows outrage over several recent violent crimes, including the gang-rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl, BBC reports on Thursday (May 26).

President Joko Widodo said the regulation was ‘intended to overcome the crisis caused by sexual violence against children’.

Previously, the maximum sentence for rape, of either an adult or a child, was 14 years in jail.

People jailed for sexual offences against children may also now be made to wear electronic monitoring devices after their release.

Earlier the gang rape of 14-year-old Yuyun occured on her way home from school and the rape and brutal murder of an 18-year-old factory worker this month have sparked national outrage.

BDST: 1320 HRS, May 26, 2016
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