16-Year-Old Teenager Case From Poso Victims Of Immorality Dozens Of Men, Central Sulawesi Parimo Police Name 10 New Suspects

Head of Public Relations of the Central Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda), Kombes Djoko Wienartono. (ANTARA/Rangga Musabar)

PARIMO - Parigi Moutong Police (Parimo), Central Sulawesi has named 10 suspects in immoral cases against minors. "The witnesses who have been examined by both the victim's witnesses, then the parents and friends around them are 10 people, so yesterday we agreed from the investigators to determine 10 suspects," said Parimo Police Chief AKBP Yudy Arto Wiyono in Palu, Antara, Tuesday, May 30. Of the 10 people who have been named as suspects, five people have been detained while five others are still in the process of being picked up and arrested by police investigators. Currently, the victim is still receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Palu City. "As a result of this incident, the victim is traumatized and is currently receiving hospitalization at a hospital in Palu because he is still experiencing pain in the stomach," he said. As for the evidence that was secured, he said, was a sheet of black shorts belonging to the victim, a purple short-sleeved t-shirt and a brown boxed trousers which also belonged to the victim. Previously, on Wednesday, May 17, the Parimo Police had named five suspects in the case, of which the five people carried out their actions at different times and places that were carried out from April 2022 to January 2023. For this action, the perpetrator was charged with Article 81 paragraph 2 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 17 of 2016 concerning the stipulation of the government to replace Law number 1 of 2016 concerning the second amendment to Law number 23 of 2002 concerning child protection with a minimum threat of 5 years and a maximum of 15 years. Meanwhile, the Head of Public Relations of the Central Sulawesi Police, Kombes Djoko Wienartono, said the police were still investigating the information regarding the involvement of an unscrupulous member of the police in the immoral case. "Based on the testimony of the victim, one of them is this person. However, from the examination of witnesses examined, or the suspect who is already in this, there is no significant information so there is no evidence. There is still one, namely from the victim's confession," he said. He also stated that five perpetrators had been detained by the Parigi Moutong Police at this time, one of whom was an individual village head (kades) and the other was a teacher. According to Djoko, currently the victim has received assistance from the Office of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection of Central Sulawesi Province. "Our party also cooperates with P2TP2A to accompany the victim later in every examination,’’ he said. Previously, a 16-year-old teenager from Poso Regency was reported to have been a victim of immoral acts from a number of men in Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi. Based on the victim's confession, he followed his colleague with the initials YN who worked in Parimo Regency and became a stocker at the Kaili Traditional House, Keibo Village, Sausu District in 2022, when he was 15 years old.

The victim claimed to have received indecent treatment from 11 alleged perpetrators, including an individual Village Head (Kades) who served in Parimo and a teacher at different places and times. Based on the victim's statement, information was also obtained that an immoral case that befell the victim was involved by an individual officer.