Viral 7-year-old Boy In Temanggung Died Due To Occult Rituals, Parents And Shamans Became Suspects

TEMANGGUNG - The Temanggung Resort Police, Central Java, named four suspects in a case of child abuse that occurred in a hamlet in Temanggung Regency. The victim was ALH and was only 7 years old.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Temanggung Police, AKP Setyo Hermawan, said the four suspects were victim M's father (43), victim S's biological mother (39), shaman H (56), and assistant shaman B (43).

ALH's body was found on Sunday, May 16 at around 23.30 WIB. Starting during the Eid Al-Fitr, the relative asked about the victim's whereabouts, who at that time was in touch with the house. It has been 4 months since ALH has not been seen.

Got the question, the parents reasoned that ALH was again at his grandfather's house. However, when the family confirmed it, ALH was not there.

Due to the irregularity of the information, the family of the victim's mother asked ALH's father, H. H, then told him that his son was in the room.

How shocked the family was when they saw that ALH had died. His body was on the mattress.

For this incident, the victim's grandfather and the local village apparatus then reported to the Bejen Police.

On the basis of this report, members of the Bejen Polsek and Inafis of the Temanggung Police carried out the crime scene processing (TKP) and examined the parents of the victim, which was the victim's parents admitting that they had mistreated them so that the victim died.

Setyo said, from their statements, information about the involvement of two other people, namely B and H. Both of them had also been secured in their respective homes and had confessed their actions.

He said based on the perpetrators' confessions, the incident took place in early January 2021.

The victim put his head in a bathtub filled with water by the perpetrators until he was unconscious and died. During the period of the incident until it was found yesterday, the victim's body was treated by the victim's mother so that it had undergone a mummification process.

Article suspected against perpetrators M and S, namely violence against minors resulting in death and / or violence within the scope of the household as referred to in Article 76 C Jo Article 80 paragraph 3 of Law Number 35 Year 2014 concerning Child Protection, a subsidiary Article 44 paragraph 3 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2004 concerning the Elimination of Domestic Violence, Subsidiary of Article 351 paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code.

Perpetrator B is subject to Article 76 C Jo Article 80 paragraph 3 of Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection, a subsidiary of Article 351 paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code.

Perpetrator H is subject to Article 55 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 76 C Jo Article 80 paragraph 3 of Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection, a subsidiary of Article 351 paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code with a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum fine of IDR 3 billion.