Indonesians dumped over 1,200 pairs of sandals, flip-flops and slippers at collection points across the country in support of a teenage boy who was convicted of stealing.
The 15-year-old was found guilty for stealing a police officer’s sandals, a district court in Central Sulawesi province said in a ruling recently.
The boy could have received five years in prison, but was sent back to his parents for counselling.
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The boy claimed he was beaten by police. In a country where official corruption is rife and theft of millions in public funds is often punished with just a slap on the wrist, the case has turned into a cause celebre.
“This action of solidarity by the public shows that they disagree with the criminalization of juveniles, that it goes against a sense of justice,” said Arist Merdeka Sirait, chairman of Indonesia’s Child Protection Commission.
Police in the city of Palu, including one who said he owned the stolen sandals, caught the boy and badly beat him and two of his friends in the street, demanding the footwear be replaced.
“We will send the collected footwear to the national police headquarters to replace the stolen ones,” National Commission for Child Protection spokesman Naswardi said.
Children can be jailed in Indonesia alongside adults, but child protection laws state that imprisonment should be a “last resort.”
(AFP)
為表示支持一名因為偷竊遭定罪的青少年,印尼人把超過一千兩百雙涼鞋、夾腳拖和拖鞋丟棄在全國各地的收集點。
中蘇拉威西省一地方法院最近判決這名十五歲的少年偷取一名警官涼鞋的罪名成立。
這名少年原可能面臨五年有期徒刑,但法官判決他應回家接受父母監督。
男孩聲稱他曾遭警方毆打。在這個官員貪污風氣盛行,竊取數以百萬元計公款的罪行卻經常僅遭到輕微懲戒的國家,此案已成為轟動社會的事件。
「民眾團結一致的行動顯示他們不同意青少年有罪,認為這不符合正義感,」印尼兒童保護委員會主席西萊特說。
帕盧市警方,失鞋者和其他警官,逮到這名偷涼鞋的男孩後,當街痛毆男孩與他的兩名友人,要求他歸還鞋子。
「我們會把收集來的鞋子送到國家警察總部,以取代被偷走的那雙鞋,」全國兒童保護委員會發言人納斯瓦地表示。
在印尼,兒童可與成人一同被禁監,但兒童保護法中明文規定,監禁兒童應被視為「最後手段」。
(法新社/翻譯:俞智敏)
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