Mobile sex video prompts virginity tests in Indonesia

A plan to carry out virginity tests on female high school students in a district in Indonesia's West Java province has been dropped after a public outcry, reports Reuters.

"The head of Indramayu district, Irianto Syafiuddin, is reported to have made the proposal for virginity tests after a video showing two high school students having sex circulated via mobile phones."

"We can't accept this idea. It's unfair as the porn video was just an isolated case," a female student, Gita, said.

Many in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, place high value on virginity, although pre-marital sex is not uncommon among the younger generation."

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