{"id":664161,"date":"2019-07-25T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T09:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"\"><div id=\"attachment_979599\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Joko-Widodo.jpg\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-979599 lazyload\" \/><noscript><img src=\"http"},"modified":"2019-07-25T09:58:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T09:58:12","slug":"indonesia-pardons-woman-sentenced-to-jail-for-exposing-lewd-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/25\/indonesia-pardons-woman-sentenced-to-jail-for-exposing-lewd-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia pardons woman sentenced to jail for exposing lewd boss |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_979599\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Joko-Widodo.jpg\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-979599 lazyload\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Joko-Widodo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-979599 lazyload\"  \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indonesia\u2019s incumbent president Joko Widodo, who was re-elected on April\u2019s election gestures as he delivers a speech to highlight his vision for the next five years in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 14, 2019. REUTERS\/Willy Kurniawan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An Indonesian woman sentenced to six months in jail for exposing her lecherous boss won a parliamentary pardon Thursday after the case sparked an outcry over victim\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p>Loud applause broke out in the House of Representatives as lawmakers unanimously voted to quash the prison sentence handed to Baiq Nuril Maknun over a recording she made of her former employer\u2019s sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>The mother-of-three, who was in the chamber, broke down in tears at the decision \u2014 her last hope to avoid prison after exhausting other avenues of appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Rights groups had condemned the sentence and the high-profile case sparked fears it would discourage victims of sexual harassment from speaking out in the conservative Muslim majority nation.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who also expressed concerns about the woman\u2019s sentence, was expected to sign off on the pardon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe path is clear to grant Nuril an amnesty, and the President should act immediately,\u201d Amnesty International said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would be a historic victory for victims of sexual abuse in Indonesia,\u201d it added, saying Maknun had suffered an \u201cimmense injustice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Maknun\u2019s boss \u2014 the principal of the high school where she worked \u2014 reported her to the police for defaming him after a recording she made of him making sexual comments went viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>She was later fired and charged under a law against spreading indecent material, which has been criticised for being too vague and open to misuse.<\/p>\n<p>A local court on the island of Lombok, next to holiday hotspot Bali, initially cleared her of the charges.<\/p>\n<p>But prosecutors pursued the case and, last year Indonesia\u2019s top court reversed the lower court decision and upheld the sentence. <\/p>\n<p>This month, the supreme court threw out her appeal against its ruling.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '247107802609931');\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesia\u2019s incumbent president Joko Widodo, who was re-elected on April\u2019s election gestures as he delivers a speech to highlight his vision for the next five years in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, July 14, 2019. 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