Jakarta – Most child molestation cases are committed by teachers, a study by the National Commission for Child Protection (KPIA) recently revealed.

"What's worst is that most of these teachers commit sexual transgressions," KPIA chairwoman Masnah Sari told a media gathering on Friday.

According to Masnah, KPIA's data collection revealed that a great proportion of these victims are females. "This means that female students are more vulnerable to sexual harrasment," she said, as quoted by Antara news agency.

Based on the reports received by KPIA in 2007, out of a total of 555 registered cases, 18 percent of them were committed by people in their close social circles.

"Worst still, as many as 11.8 percent of these reports involved teachers and their students," Sari said, adding that 86 cases have so far been reported this year – 39 percent of which were committed by teachers.