# Indonesian boarding-school head detained after BBC report on alleged sexual abuse of students

https://mins.news/en/item/95027

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-11 06:21 UTC
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- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cm0rlz8jvje5o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Police detained Ahmad Imanuddin Sumar, head of an Islamic boarding school on Lombok, as a suspect after a BBC investigation reported allegations of sexual abuse by students. Former students spent years gathering evidence and finding others who said they had been harmed. The school operator denied a cover-up and said it was conducting an internal inquiry; Sumar denied the allegations.

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