Fana F. S. Putra – A vocational school in East Jakarta has asked one of its students to move to another school after she was raped by her classmates, the alleged victim's lawyer has claimed.

The 16-year-old identified only by the initials "N. F. R." – who was allegedly raped by three other students after being bound and gagged – is now two months pregnant.

"The school said she was an embarrassment and that every pregnant student would follow in her footsteps," the victim's lawyer Herdiyan Saksono told reporters at the East Jakarta Police station on Thursday.

Herdiyan said the school was attempting to cover up the case and his requests for the victim to be allowed to continue attending class had gone unheard.

"We sent a letter asking for a meeting, but we didn't get any response. They are really shutting us out, they don't want to give us any information," Herdiyan said.

He condemned the school's attitude and its failure to report the rape to police, even though staff were aware of the incident. Herdiyan added that the school had offered to mediate between the victim and her attackers to prevent the case from being reported to the police.

"An education institution is supposed to guide and educate. Legal enforcement should be their priority, not offering mediation or covering it up. The school already knew about it but it did not report it to police," he said.

School's head teacher Karto Manalu contradicted Herdiyan's claims, saying the school would allow the girl to continue her studies if she was not too embarrassed. Karto said that since the rape case emerged, the girl had regularly missed class because she had felt ashamed in front of her friends.

"The student's status depends on the student herself. If she is not embarrassed, go ahead come to school," Karto said in his office on Friday, adding that the school would give her a recommendation letter to study in another school.

Karto argued that moving the student to another school would protect her. "We will accept if she wants to leave, we respect her as a victim," he said.

Karto claimed that he did not report the rape to the police because he had not received any report from the girl's parents about the incident.

"If the family of the victim had reported it to me, I would have started a legal process. Now that the case is already in the hands of the police, let's leave it with them... That's much better," he said.

The girl was allegedly raped by her seniors, identified by their initials: T., A. and P., on Sept. 28 in their rented room in South Cipinang Besar, East Jakarta. The rapists are reported to have tied her hands and stuffed her mouth to prevent her from screaming.

According to the victim's second lawyer Suyadi Karyadi, one of the accused invited her to a food stall and then took her to the nearby room, where they raped her.

Suyadi said the two other accused initially threatened to report the rape, but after the first accused tried to bribe them with Rp 200,000 ($16.65) not to do so, they instead joined in, taking turns to rape her.

Suyadi said the victim had been deeply affected and not been herself since the incident. Her family discovered that she was pregnant after she did not get her period for a long time.

The victim's mother reported the case to the East Jakarta Women and Child Protection Unit. The police rounded up the three students on Tuesday and detained them on Thursday.