Conviction Spiritual healing, divination, and mediumship Traditional healing practitioners Jembrana, Bali, Indonesia · 2024

Indonesia: dukun convicted of raping a girl under an 'aura-opening' ritual with supernatural threats

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

dukun (folk healer), female accomplice

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The ritual framing and the threat of supernatural retribution are the criterion's mechanism in full: belief made refusal feel more dangerous than submission.

Spiritual healing or treatment
Curse or witchcraft threat
Ritual, oath, or initiation

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Proceedings

2024-04-02 · conviction and sentence

Pengadilan Negeri Negara, Jembrana, Bali, Indonesia. Hariyanto, 51, a dukun, and an accomplice were convicted under Indonesia's Child Protection Law of repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl over several months under the pretext of a ritual to 'open her aura', including a fabricated virginity inspection, with threats of supernatural harm if she refused. The victim became pregnant.

Documented coercion mechanisms

fabricated 'aura-opening' and virginity-inspection ritual
threats of supernatural harm for refusal

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Dukun pemerkosa gadis di Jembrana divonis', Detik Bali, 2 Apr. 2024.: Reports the convictions, the ritual pretext, and the supernatural threats.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.detik.com/bali/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 2f586ac2fc95983b011bd120a0a10fead61b7213f1a1a71facff057a8fbc29c1
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