Chairman Of The DKI DPRD Urges RW Chair In Pluit Perpetrators Of Harassment To Be Removed

Chairman Of The DKI DPRD Prasetyo Edi Marsudi/DOK VOI- Diah Ayu

Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Prasetyo Edi Marsudi, urged the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to remove the head of RW 06 Pluit Village, Penjaringan District, North Jakarta who is suspected of being the perpetrator of sexual harassment.

Prasetyo also asked the Pluit Village not to remain silent in following up on this case.

"The kelurahan should have called. RW is under their command. If there is a RW like that, just remove it directly," Prasetyo told reporters, Friday, August 11.

Until now, the head of RW 06 with the initials ST is still in office. In fact, he has been named a suspect in the case of harassment against women members of the Kelurahan Deliberative Institution (LMK) in RW 06 Pluit.

"As an RT, as an RW, you have to take care and calm the residents. If you are already a suspect, you have to be removed," said Prasetyo.

LMK member RW 06 Pluit with the initials RI reported a case of alleged sexual harassment committed by the Head of RW 06 Pluit Village, North Jakarta to the office of Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono at DKI Jakarta City Hall.

RI reported to the DKI Provincial Government that she was a victim of verbal sexual harassment by the Head of RW 06 Pluit with the initials ST. RI asked the DKI Provincial Government to remove ST because the person concerned is still in office.

"Here, we actually want to ask for legal justice. My client was sexually harassed by Mr. RW. However, he is still the head of the RW. Here we want to ask for legal certainty actually," said the victim's attorney, Steven Gono at DKI Jakarta City Hall.

Steven explained that the victim had previously complained about the alleged abuse he had experienced in Pluit Village since last July 26. However, there was no response from the sub-district to the victim.

"We ourselves suspect that the kelurahan seems to have someone in the kelurahan, it seems that someone is protecting the head of this RW. Because, when we tried to contact the kelurahan, there was no response at all," said Steven.

The victim continued his report to the Penjaringan Sub-district on August 9. Finally, the Pluit Village has responded to the victim's complaint but did not impose any sanctions on the Head of RW 06. "After being reprimanded, the new sub-district head responded. But the response was not deactivated. The sub-district asked for an RW deliberation and had to be a forum. There are suspicions from us that there are sub-district parties who deliberately try to protect the head of this RW," he explained.

Based on the victim's confession, this case occurred in June 2022. Through a telephone call, the head of the RW initially discussed the issue of environmental improvement work to the victim.

The victim had responded to the conversation, but the RW chairman switched the chat that led to verbal abuse.

This harassment case was repeatedly carried out by the Head of RW. The victim who did not accept it was treated so as to record the discussion as evidence of a case of harassment that he reported to the police.

RI also reported ST to the North Jakarta Metro Police on November 30, 2022, with Article 5 of Law No. 12 of 2022 concerning the Crime of Sexual Violence. The report is registered with the number LP/B/1057/XI/2022/SPKT/POLRES METRO JAKUT/POLDA METRO JAYA.

Now, ST has been named a suspect by the North Jakarta Metro Police. However, he is still the head of RW 06 Pluit.