PPPA Minister Bintang Puspayoga Condemns Child Rape Case In Jember After Being Forced With Alcohol

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection strongly condemns cases of sexual violence against children under the age of 17 who were force-fed with alcohol and then sexually abused by the perpetrator with the initials FH (22) in Jember, East Java.

"We strongly condemn these crimes and encourage justice to be served as well as possible as well as to provide a deterrent effect to the perpetrators," said PPPA Minister Bintang Puspayoga in a statement quoted by Antara, January 5.

The incident of sexual violence that caused injuries to the vital organs happened to the victim who was initially force-fed with liquor until he was unconscious before being molested by the perpetrator.

"We appreciate that this case has been responded to quickly by the Satreskrim Polsek Jenggawah and Aiptu Akhmad Rinto immediately arrested the perpetrators," said Bintang.

The PPPA Ministry also specifically encourages justice to be served.

Referring to the chronology of the case, the perpetrator violated Article 76E of Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection and could be subject to imprisonment for a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 15 years plus 1/3 of the criminal penalty. if the victim suffers serious injuries, mental disorders, infectious diseases, impaired or loss of reproductive function in accordance with Article 82 paragraphs (1) and (4) of Law Number 17 of 2016 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 1 of 2016 concerning Amendments Second, on Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection Becomes Law.

The Ministry of PPPA has coordinated with the Office of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (DP3A) of East Java Province and the Office of Women's Empowerment for Child Protection and Family Planning (DP3AKB) of Jember Regency.

"Our ranks in the regions have also jointly provided assistance through the Integrated Service Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children (P2TP2A) to ensure that child victims receive health and social assistance and rehabilitation in accordance with the needs of child victims," said the Minister.

He stressed the need for special attention from local governments in preventing cases of sexual violence against children. The local government is also expected to be more strict in monitoring the circulation of liquor in order to prevent its abuse by children so that they can get drunk due to consuming liquor.

"Once again, we want to remind the public to pay more attention to the rampant cases of sexual violence so that in the future the community and the local government can prevent children from becoming victims of violence," said Minister Bintang.