Conviction Claimed spiritual healing or mediumship Jembrana, Bali, Indonesia · 2024

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

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

dukun (folk healer), female accomplice

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

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

Evidence structure

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

Primary 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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