Lampung Police Arrest Rapists Of Junior High School Children

BANDAR LAMPUNG - Lampung Regional Police (Polda) arrested a perpetrator who had forced his neighbor who was a junior high school (SMP) student in South Lampung Regency.

"We arrested S (38) a resident of Tanjung Bintang Subdistrict, South Lampung because he had sex with the victim who was a neighbor," said Head of Public Relations of the Lampung Police, Kombes Umi Fadillah Astutik, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, November 13.

He said the suspect's actions occurred on Monday (22.5), by forcing and threatening the victim to use scissors and strangling him.

"As a result, the victim is currently containing approximately six months," he said.

Umi said that the perpetrator S was successfully secured by the Sub-Directorate of Renakta of the Lampung Police Ditreskrimum in the Tanjung Bintang area on Friday (10/11).

"As for the evidence that was secured, namely one white shirt with a long-sleeved junior high school long shirt, one long black bottom, two strands of clothes in white and white blue, and light green, one black-oranged scissors, one post-mortem," he said.

For his actions, the suspect can be sentenced to a minimum imprisonment of five years and a maximum of 15 years and a maximum fine of Rp. 5,000,000,000.

"The suspect was charged with Article 81 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 17 of 2016 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulations in Lieu of Law Number 1 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection into Law," he said.