article_snippet.sent: Both men, who have strongly denied committing abuse, received backing from the school, parents, and the international community.
article_snippet.sent: Both men, who have strongly denied committing abuse supporters have said his case is deeply flawed and motivated by a bid by one alleged victim's family to get compensation from the school.
article_snippet.sent: But the focus soon shifted to what supporters say was an unfair attempt to target Mr Bantleman's and Tjiong by Indonesia's notoriously corrupt police and judicial system.
article_snippet.sent: Supporters have accused police of a botched investigation, and point to unfair trials, which the judge closed to the public as Supporters involved children.
article_snippet.sent: The prosecution insists that the testimony of the alleged victims, all boys, is the truth and that the alleged victims claims are backed up by evidence from medical examinations.
article_snippet.sent: However, the defence argues the medical exams were flawed.
article_snippet.sent: the alleged victims have said the decision to prosecute the alleged victims revolved around a separate lawsuit filed by the family of one of the alleged victims, which demands $125million in compensation from the school.