Police Arrest Father, Stepmother And Sister Of 7-Year-Old Child Abuser In Malang

Malang City Police arrested five perpetrators of mistreatment of a boy with the initials DN, aged seven years in the area of KH Malik Malik Street in Buring Village, Kedungkandang District, Malang City, East Java. Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Malang City Police, Kompol Danang Yudanto, said that the seven-year-old child was abused by the biological father and the victim's stepmother's family. "We received reports of abuse against children. Then we conducted an investigation and arrested five suspects to undergo legal proceedings," said Danang as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, October 12.

Danang explained that the five suspects were the biological father of the victim with the initials JA aged 37 years, EN a 42-year-old woman who is the victim's stepmother, and PA a 21-year-old woman who is the victim's half-brother. In addition, he continued, the suspect MN, a 65-year-old woman who is the victim's stepmother and SM a 43-year-old man who is the victim's step uncle. The suspects, considering that the seven-year-old victim often did things that the perpetrator didn't want. "For example, taking food without permission. I can say, if (taking food) it could be because the victim is in a state of hunger. The victim's last condition was malnourished, stunted and there are indications of a hunger busung," he said. Victim DN, subjected to torture such as beating, hand was thrown into hot water, beaten with a stick, injured by cigarette injection, kicked, to violence using a cutting knife orcutter. He added, based on the statements of the suspect, the torture of the seven-year-old victim was carried out in the past six months. While the victim's biological mother, is currently still in search. "The execution time of each victim has been running, approximately half a year, that's his confession, we will investigate," he said.

Chronology of the disclosure of the incident, he continued, began when there was a report on October 9, 2023 regarding the incident of child abuse. Then, the next day, the complainant together with the Malang City Social Service, visited the location where the victim lived for evacuation. After that, Malang City Police personnel arrested five perpetrators of child abuse. The perpetrators were detained in the Malang City Police detention room and Malang City Class IIA Women's Prison. The perpetrator was charged under Article 80 of Law Number 35 of 2014, concerning Child Protection with the threat of imprisonment for five years.