Makassar Police Denies Investigators In Cases Of Child Abuse With Disabilities Asking For Rewards

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Makassar Polrestabes, South Sulawesi admitted that they did not know anything if one of the investigators who handled the case allegedly asked for compensation from the victim's mother, FM (26).Head of the Women and Children Protection Unit (PPA) of Makassar Police, Iptu Syahuddin Rahman denied that the alleged violence case committed by one of the therapists to GF (4 years), children with disabilities that rolled in since April 2023 at the Satreskrim PPA Unit, stalled. "So in this case, the reported party is one of the perpetrators in Makassar City, we received his report (FM) around April. Investigators (already) carried out a series of investigation processes, we examined the complainant, then the reported, then the victim, then the witnesses who knew," said Syahuddin, Sunday, November 12. According to him, the investigation process involved various parties, such as the victim's therapist, expert witnesses from the Indonesianrapist Occupation Association (IOTI), the Health Service (Dinkes), and the IEP (Individualized Educationalized Program). The involvement of many witnesses and the thorough examination process took time. "After all the examination and facts were collected, we were able to improve this case from the investigation stage to the investigation stage," he added. Syahuddin also explained, the involvement of children with special needs, such as ADHD (disruption of attention and hyperactivity), made it difficult to investigate because of the difficulty of obtaining direct information from victims. The police asked for psychological assistance from PPA to assist in the investigation process. Regarding the alleged ethical violation by the investigator who asked for compensation to the victim's mother, Syahuddin dismissed it. He stated that the Unit of PPA Satreskrim Polrestabes Makassar had carried out its duties professionally and transparently. During this report, we were professional, transparent, and always submitted a whole series of investigations or SP2HP to the complainant, "he said. Previouslyly, the process of handling the case by the Unit of the Satreskrim Polresta Makassar Police. in the case of alleged violence committed to a therapist against a child with special need GF has no clarity.

Ironically, in the midst of this uncertainty, it is suspected that the investigators of the Makassar Police Satreskrim PPA Unit have used it. The investigator often asks for something that has nothing to do with the case against the victim's mother with the initials FM. Starting from asking to buy Pizza, paying her shaving money, to asking the victim's mother for gasoline or the reporter with the initials FM. Including, the investigator often asks to meet together with the victim's mother.