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Yuyun Herawati was one of the brightest students at SMPN 5 Rajang Lebong, Bengkulu. Tragedy came to her family when her father found her corpse 1 km in distance outside the village. She was still 14 years old and had been raped by more than 10 men before being tragically murdered. Yuyun is believed to have been attacked by 14 males in an afternoon on April 12, 2016. Seven of the attackers were seniors from her school. The police arrested the rapists and killers. They also confessed that they had abused alcoholic drinks and pornographic contents. The suspects, aged between 16 and 17 years old, pled guilty to violating the 2014 law on child protection. This tragedy made Indonesian society, mostly women cursed this sadism murder within sexual abuse death. Most of the newspapers in Indonesia showed their solidarity to this tragic case in their articles. Support for the family has also happened in social media. The hashtags #LightForYuyun and We are with Yuyun have become themes in a campaign to highlight and expose the case. The articles show solidarity for the victims by using micro level analysis by Van Dijk, through headlines, lexical choice and language style.
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