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Originally Posted by oilyfan
What leads you to believe that he is not guilty?
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Well, the first accusation was against the janitors. The school, JIS, said that they couldn't be held financially responsible for the actions of the janitors as they work for a sub-contractor. As soon as that information came out, a second accusation was made against the teachers, which would make the school financially liable.
The first accusation was that an 8 year old boy was (and this sounds brutal, but it almost certainly isn't true) gang-raped by 5 grown men and then proceeded to attend school as though nothing had happened for the rest of the day, and several subsequent weeks.
The mother of the boy is a former south-east asian prostitute who is currently going through a divorce with her wealthy European husband (who has been essentially silent throughout). Prior to beginning a criminal trial she started a civil suit for 650 million USD against the school. This is when the school said they couldn't be held liable as the janitors were sub-contractors.
Initially, accusations were brought against several teachers, but the Australian, British and American consulates in Indonesia let it be known that they may go as far as withdrawing their embassies should anything happen to their citizens. The Canadian government was 'working behind the scenes' and 'talking at high levels' but did a whole lot of nothing in public. It's been really disappointing