S'ex Offenders In Indonesia To Be Castrated Or Executed Under New Laws (Photos)

Paedophiles can be chemically castrated or executed under tough new laws passed by the Indonesian parliament. Repeat offenders and those who abuse family members face 10 to 20 years jail and courts can also order their chemical castration and tagging with a microchip.

Those who murder their victims or leave them with permanent physical or psychological trauma, or give them a sexually transmitted disease, can be executed.

Paedophiles can be chemically castrated or executed under tough new laws passed by the Indonesian parliament (protester pictured)

The harsher penalties were prompted by the shocking rape and murder of 14-year-old girl Yuyun in Sumatra by a gang of 12 men and boys in May.

Her battered body was found three days later in woods, tied up and naked. Seven teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were jailed soon after for their part in the incident.