Headmaster detained after BBC investigation into alleged sexual abuse of students

Former students launched their own investigation, spending years collecting evidence and testimonies from others who say they were abused by the headteacher. Ex-headmaster Ahmad Imanuddin Sumar, known to students as Abah, has been accused of sexual abuse A former headmaster of an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia has been named as a suspect in a sexual abuse investigation and detained by police, following a BBC Eye report. Ahmad Imanuddin Sumar, known to students as Abah, led the Abul Barokat boarding school on the island of Lombok. Police reopened the case after the BBC World Service revealed accusations of sexual abuse against him, and documented how former students had gathered evidence in an effort to bring the allegations to the authorities.

The story sparked public outrage and led to 12 more former students giving testimony to police. Two ex-students expose sexual abuse by teachers at Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia Outside the UK, you can watch Catching My Teacher on YouTube, external. Central to the BBC Eye investigation were former students Ziadatur Rahmah, known as Zia, and Sukma Rohana Fajar. They launched their own investigation after Zia told a former classmate, Yusron Azzahidi, that the headteacher had sexually assaulted her when she was 17. The pair had been star pupils at the school. By the time Zia confided in Yusron, she