Why Can't The Mention Of A Person Who Raped A 16-year-old Girl At The South Jailolo Police Station Be Justified?

JAKARTA - The rape case of a 16-year-old woman by Brigadier Nikwal Idwar at the South Jailolo Police Station, West Halmahera has angered the public. How come. The police, who are supposed to protect and protect the community, actually do something depraved. Even so, there are still those who say this crime was committed by unscrupulous persons. Does the case that occurred in the office of law enforcement officers still deserve to be called by an individual?

The heinous incident occurred on June 13. Based on a scene by the North Maluku Regional Police, the Head of Public Relations of the Maluku Regional Police, Kombes Adip Rojikan, said that the victim -- call him Bunga -- who came from South Halmahera was planning to go to Ternate with a friend with the initials A (19), hereinafter referred to as Mawar.

Bunga and Mawar cross from Bacan Island to Saketa on Halmahera Island by ferry. When they were about to continue their journey through Sessionoli, it was late in the evening. And because they couldn't find public transportation to continue their journey, at exactly one o'clock in the morning local time, the two entered the inn to rest.

Based on information circulating on social media, the police banged on their door, asking the two to come to the South Jailolo Police Station. They were then transported using a patrol car to pick them up.

Arriving at the office, Bunga and Mawar are said to have been interrogated about the escape. In fact, according to information circulating, the two traveled with the permission of their respective parents.

It was in this room that Bunga met Brigadier Nikwal Idwar. After the investigation, Bunga and Mawar decided to rest in one of the Polsek's rooms. Brigadier Nikwal Idwar then reprimanded Mawar who received the call for being noisy. He asks her to call outside the room.

When Mawar returned, she found the room where Bunga was locked and the lights were off. Then the room lights came back on and Brigadier Nikwal Idwar came out of the room door. Rose who was shocked immediately entered the room and saw Bunga crying.

Bunga told me that she had just been raped by Brigadier Nikwal Idwar. He could not refuse because he was threatened with imprisonment. When the two of them were about to leave in the morning, Brigadier II forbade them. Both were thrown into prison.

The depraved behavior was immediately exposed that day. Both of them told what happened to the other officers who were on guard.

Even though the perpetrators have been detained, activists see another problem: the question of mentioning "smoothed" or euphemisms for officers who commit crimes. So far, officers who are guilty or suspected of being guilty are often called individuals. In fact, it seems as if denying the root of the problem that exists within the police institution.

One of the people who disputed the mention of the person was Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) researcher Iftitahsari. He says we can't accept justification by just blaming the person. "Because it's as if it's identifying the root of the problem that exists within the police institution," he told VOI.

Iftitahsari is of the opinion that there is something wrong with the criminal justice system, especially within the police institution. "We have serious problems in our criminal justice system which has poor accountability and a monitoring system (from the courts) that doesn't work, especially within the police institution."

For this reason, Iftitahsari emphasized the need to reform the criminal justice system, especially within the National Police. What he must realize, he said, is that the police currently have great authority but lack of control.

"We must be aware that currently the police have very large authority but lack of control, plus the glorification of the media through certain television shows that expose how powerful the police's task is, which in fact the implementation of such authority is also very contrary to the Criminal Procedure Code," he concluded.

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