Police Arrest Chef Cabuli Siswi SMK Mangang At Hotel Denpasar

Denpasar Police, Bali arrested suspect S (54), a chef who had sex with a vocational school student who was an intern at the kitchen section at a well-known hotel in Denpasar City.

Head of the Public Relations Section of the Denpasar Police, AKP Ketut Sukadi, said that until now the perpetrators were still being investigated and detained at the Denpasar Police Detention Center to account for their actions.

"This case is still under investigation and the suspect has been detained," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, August 13.

Pelaku S dilaporkan kepada polisi dengan Laporan Polisi Nomor: LP/B/334/VII/2024/SPKT/Polresta Denpasar/Polda Bali pada 15 Juli 2024, atas dugaan tindak pidana percepatan terhadap anak sebagaimana diatur dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2014 tentang Perubahan UU Nomor 23 Tahun 2002 tentang Perlindungan Anak.

The perpetrator was reported by the victim's mother after learning about the actions of perpetrator S, who was suspected of having forced sexual intercourse several times against his son.

Meanwhile, the victim's family through their attorney Alit Wardika said this case was still being processed at the Denpasar Police since it was reported last July 15.

The victim's initials Y (15) is a vocational school student at a school in Denpasar, majoring in culinary, who internships at the kitchen section at a well-known hotel in the center of Denpasar City.

Alit explained that the victim was given an internship from his school for six months, starting from June 12 and ending on December 12, 2024.

Initially, the victim carried out internship activities at the hotel, such as other interns. In July, there was an activity at the hotel and the victim helped prepare everything needed related to lunch for the event participants.

Initially, the activities of the victim who took part in the work were seen by perpetrator S and pretended to greet the victim. With the mode of wanting to clean up the victim's apron, the perpetrator sexually harassed the victim

According to the victim's statement, said Alit, such an incident did not only happen once. Harassment often occurs when the situation in the kitchen is quiet and the victim is alone. The perpetrator also intercourse with the victim in the bathroom.

After the incident, said Alit, the victim was afraid. However, the perpetrator did the same thing again, so that sexual intercourse was carried out twice, which occurred on July 8 and July 12, 2024.

This case was revealed when the victim's brother wanted to buy a quota of data to the victim's cellphone, and accidentally read the message of the victim's conversation with his friend who conveyed the incident that happened to his sister so that it was informed to family members.

The victim's family only found out about the incident and immediately reported this case including post-mortem evidence to the Denpasar Police.

The victim's lawyer asked the police to investigate this case being developed so as not to take other victims.

"Who knows there are still other victims, we hope that the perpetrators will receive severe punishment, because it has a huge impact on the victim's psychology, even the victim is experiencing very deep trauma," he said.