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AGO ignores indignant doctors on chemical castration

Jakarta Post - June 10, 2016

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Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has dismissed the Indonesian Doctors Association's refusal to carry out chemical castration, a mooted punishment for sex offenders, an official said on Friday.

"I doubt all doctors will refuse [to carry out chemical castration]. We'll see how it goes," Attorney-General M Prasetyo said on Friday as quoted by Tempo.co.

Prasetyo said that given chemical castration would be regulated by law, it would be exempt from medical ethics. Doctors, he insisted, need not fear violating medical ethics, as such ethics are subordinate to law.

Doctor's association spokesperson Ilham Oetama Marsis said the organization rejected the principle of carrying out chemical castration on grounds of medical ethics, violation of which could see individual doctos expelled from professional organizations.

A government regulation in lieu of law on eradication of sexual violence against children includes the possibly of introducing chemical castration for perpetrators upon release from prison. (liz/dan)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/06/10/ago-ignores-indignant-doctors-on-chemical-castration.html.