Indonesian man who raped nine girls will be chemically castrated in landmark ruling; Muh Aris bin Syukur, who was convicted of raping nine children in Mojokerto, Indonesia, has become the first in Indonesia to be sentenced with chemical castration.

Byline: Latifa Yedroudj

An Indonesian man will become the first person in his country to be chemically castrated in a landmark ruling declaring harsher punishment for sex offenders.

Muh Aris bin Syukur was convicted over the rape of nine young girls between 2015 and 2018 in Mojokerto, Indonesia.

He was sentenced at a court in East Java under the Presidential Regulation In Lieu of Law.

The law has since enabled judges to enact the death penalty and chemical castration for convicted paedophiles.

The court ruling read: "We hereby give the additional sentence in the form of chemical castration to the convicted."

President Joko Widodo said at the time of ratification: "This regulation is intended to overcome the crisis caused by sexual violence against children.

"Sexual crimes against children are extraordinary crimes, because they threaten the lives of children."

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Chemical castration cannot be implemented in the country yet as doctors have refused to perform the procedure.

Indonesia's medical industry has insisted the practise goes against their ethics and violates a 2016 edict by the Medical Ethics and Honors Council.

As a result, the punishment date has not been set.

DI chairman Ilham Oetama Marsis said in an official statement in 2016: "Don't involve doctors as executors of the additional punishment.

"Based on scientific evidence, chemical castration does not suppress perpetrators' desire for sexual violence."

Chemical castration involves the use of anaphrodisiac drugs via injection or tablets, to reduce libido or sexual activity.

The effects are reversible after the person stops taking the drug.

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Countries which use chemical castration include Argentina, Australia, Estonia, Israel, Moldova, New Zealand, Poland and Russia.

Moldova legalised the practice in 2012 as a punishment against those convicted for child sex crimes.

Earlier in June this year, Alabama signed a law requiring child sex offenders with victims younger than 13 to undergo chemical castration as a condition of parole.

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An Indonesian man who raped nine girls is sentenced to chemical castration

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Indonesia's medical industry said the practice goes against their ethics

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Chemical castration involves the use of anaphrodisiac drugs via injection or tablets