There are calls for a judge to be dismissed after he told lawmakers rape victims "may enjoy intercourse" with their attackers.

Muhammad Daming Sanusi is currently a judge at Indonesia's Banjarmasin High Court in South Kalimantan, and made his comments as he applied to become a Supreme Court justice.

According to the Jakarta Post, Sanusi told the country's House of Representatives Commission on Monday: "Both the victims of rape and the rapist might have enjoyed their intercourse together, so we should think twice before handing down the death penalty."

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Sanusi, who has been a judge for 24 years, later apologised for his comments during a press conference in which he claimed he had been nervous and had been making a joke.

News agency Antara quoted him as saying: "I made the remark without realising it can harm peoples' feelings."