Police Call Campus Tradition A Motive For Junior Persecution At UHO Kendari

Kendari Police Chief Kombes Pol Muhammad Eka Fathurrahma (ANTARA)

The Kendari City Police (Polresta), Regional Police (Polda) of Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) said that the motive for the two female students with the initials NI and SF who ganged up on their juniors was the initials WAP because it was a campus tradition.

Kendari Police Chief Kombes Pol Muhammad Eka Fathurrahman said that the beating began when the victim and his team-mates were called to pick up daily official clothes (PDH) at the Vocational Building, UHO Kendari, on Thursday (1/6) at around 15.00 WITA.

"The victim and his teammates from 2021 went straight to the PDH clothes collection site. However, when they arrived there, the victim and colleagues were not immediately given PDH clothes, but were given a number of directions by their seniors which lasted until early Friday morning," said Muhammad Eka Fathurrahman, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, June 4.

He explained that after completing the direction given by senior WAP, the two perpetrators with the initials SF and NI then distributed PDH clothes to the victim and his colleagues while beating them. The beating resulted in the victim suffering bruises on his face.

"So the motive is a kind of campus tradition. Juniors who will take faculty uniforms must be taken from their seniors. However, the way to hand over the clothes is done in ways that violate the rules, apparently the seniors carried out the persecution," said Muhamamd Eka Fathurrahman.

The Kendari Police Chief said that for the persecution carried out by NI and SF, WAP suffered injuries to his face, bruises on his cheeks. In fact, WAP teeth had bleeding.

"Until now, the victim is still undergoing medical treatment at the Kendari City General Hospital (Regional General Hospital). Meanwhile, the two female students with the initials NI and SF who carried out the beatings have been secured at the Poasia Police Headquarters," he explained.

He said that the case was now being taken over by the Kendari Police for his investigation.

"This case is of concern and we will take over at the Kendari Police," he concluded.