スリランカ当局は土曜日、11歳の少女に対する性的虐待の疑いで高位の仏教僧を逮捕した。警察によると、この71歳の僧侶はコロンボ市内の民間病院で身柄を拘束された。被害者の母親も、教唆および幇助の容疑で逮捕されている。
逮捕されたのは、首都の北約125マイル（約200キロ）に位置するアヌラーダプラの著名な寺院で住職を務めるパレガマ・ヘマラタナ（Pallegama Hemarathana）容疑者である。当局は、虐待が2022年に同寺院で行われたと主張している。アヌラーダプラはユネスコ世界遺産に登録されている古都であり、ヘマラタナ容疑者は2500年以上前のブッダの悟りに関連する菩提樹の苗から育った木の管理者を務めている。また、主要な仏教巡礼路にある8つの寺院も管轄している。
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Yogyakarta city police raided Daycare Little Aresha in Umbulharjo on April 24, 2026, following a former employee's report of inhumane treatment of children. Of 103 children entrusted there, 53 are suspected victims of physical and verbal abuse, including infants aged 0-3 months to toddlers under two years. Authorities secured 30 related individuals for questioning.
Police in Lunawada arrested a 70-year-old man accused of raping his 26-year-old niece with a mental disability. The case has raised local concern. Investigators are pursuing charges under sexual assault and disability laws.
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Police in Nashik district, Maharashtra, arrested 31-year-old self-proclaimed godman Maheshgiri alias Mahesh Kakde for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old woman and taking objectionable photographs of her. The incident took place in 2024, and a local court remanded him in police custody until April 29. Activists from the Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti helped the victim come forward with her complaint.
Fresh accounts from victims describe how Kiai Ashari, already arrested on May 7 in Wonogiri for allegedly abusing dozens of santriwati at Pondok Pesantren Ndolo Kusumo in Pati, deliberately moved sleeping locations and used spiritual pretexts to target students.
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A man in Umeå has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for 70 counts of aggravated rape against a girl aged between six and 11. The abuses took place between 2017 and 2022 in various locations in the city. The man admitted to about a dozen occasions during the trial, but the district court relied on the girl's testimony for the minimum number of crimes.
Police have revealed an economic motive behind the abuse and neglect of children at Daycare Little Aresha in Yogyakarta, where operators accepted too many children without adequate caregivers. Thirteen people have been named as suspects. DIY Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X has ordered the closure of all unlicensed daycares.
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A leisure centre animator in Tours is suspected of raping a three-year-old girl in February and March 2026, Public Prosecutor Catherine Sorita-Minard announced. The man, born in 1988 and unknown to judicial services, has been placed under assisted witness status. Investigations continue to check for other possible victims.