It cannot be denied that the phrase "national hero" often brings up the image of a fight against colonizers, with weapons in hand, framed in a dark .
Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), Puan Maharani, has advised the government to promptly issue the derivative regulations of the sexual violence .
Deputy Chairperson of the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) Mariana Amiruddin has asked policymakers not to hesitate .
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Indonesia's limited regulations against sexual violence have come under fresh spotlight after a rape case in religious boarding schools went viral, reigniting debate about the power that Islamic leaders bear in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation. Rape cases have in the past months been dominating Indonesian headlines, including the case of a woman who took her life after her.