Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Martapura, Banjar, South Kalimantan, Indonesia · 2025

Indonesia: pesantren leader's 12-year sentence for abusing santri under a bad-luck-removal ritual pretext

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pengasuh (caretaker/leader) of Pondok Pesantren Nurul Ilmi, Martapura

Organization

Pondok Pesantren Nurul Ilmi, Martapura

Spiritual nexus

Resident students under a pesantren leader's custodial and religious authority were abused under a ritual pretext he himself prescribed — the same custody-plus-ritual-claim structure as the corpus's other pesantren records, newly documented in South Kalimantan, a province with no prior pesantren-abuse record.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Curse or witchcraft threat

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2025-07-24 · conviction and sentence

Pengadilan Negeri Martapura, Indonesia. Ropi'i (42), pengasuh of Pondok Pesantren Nurul Ilmi in Martapura, Kabupaten Banjar, South Kalimantan, was sentenced on 24 July 2025 to 12 years' imprisonment plus a Rp 200 million fine (2 months' further detention in default), below the prosecution's request of 14 years, for repeatedly abusing resident female students from 2019 to 2025 under the pretext of a ritual to 'remove bad luck'; at least 20 santri were alleged victims, with five identified in the charged counts.

Documented coercion mechanisms

custodial and teacher authority over resident santri
a claimed 'buang sial' (bad-luck-removal) ritual used as the pretext for contact

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Kompas Regional: 'Terbukti Cabuli Santrinya, Pimpinan Ponpes di Banjar Kalsel Divonis 12 Tahun Penjara' (25 Jul 2025). Indonesian: reports the Martapura District Court's 12-year sentence and Rp 200 million fine. English gloss: covers the verdict and sentencing.: National outlet's court report confirming the 24 July 2025 Martapura District Court verdict, sentence, fine, and the ritual pretext.
national newspaper court reporting verdict report IDN Times Kaltim: 'Pengasuh Ponpes Nurul Ilmi di Martapura, Kabupaten Banjar, Kalsel, yang Cabuli Santri Divonis 12 Tahun Penjara'. Indonesian: names the pesantren and confirms sentence. English gloss: independent corroboration of the same verdict.: Independent regional outlet corroborating the school name, defendant, and sentence.

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