Neil Bantleman freed, sex assault conviction overturned in Indonesia
Aug 14, 2015
Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman has tasted freedom for the first time in more than a year, after the Jakarta High Court overturned convictions against him and Indonesian teaching assistant Ferdinant Tijong on allegations they abused students at an intercultural school.
Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman has tasted freedom for the first time in more than a year, after the Jakarta High Court overturned convictions against him and Indonesian teaching assistant Ferdinant Tijong on allegations they abused students at an intercultural school.
- Bantleman, from Burlington, Ont., and Tijong had spent more than a year in jail, in a case critics say was fraught with irregularities and put Indonesia's justice system under the spotlight.
- Neil Bantleman Freed, Sex Assault Conviction Overturned in Indonesia by Thavam Ratna
