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JAKARTA – A self-proclaimed healer is under fire for claiming in a video that has gone viral on social media that rape victims were to blame for their own sexual assault.
Ironically, the video was posted on Monday (Nov 25), the same day the United Nations kicked off its annual 16-day campaign against gender-based violence, which this year is themed Generation Equality Stands Against Rape to highlights the need to end rape culture around the world.
Stand-up comedian Popon Kerok uploaded a video on his Twitter account, @poponkerok, showing self-proclaimed healer Ningsih Tinampi claiming that rapists should not be punished.
Ms Ningsih has made a name for herself by publishing videos on YouTube of her healing victims of santet (black magic) and performing exorcisms on people allegedly possessed by evil spirits. Her channel has 1.72 million subscribers.
The one-minute clip was part of a longer video showing Ms Ningsih talking to a genderuwo (supernatural creature in Javanese folklore) that had purportedly possessed a female patient.
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