Police Find Dozens Of People Not Residents Of Islamic Boarding Schools Participating In Picking Up For Kiai's Children In Jombang
Police stand guard around the Shiddiqiyah Ploso Islamic Boarding School, Jombang Regency, East Java (ANTARA/Asmaul)

JAKARTA - The East Java Regional Police have arrested dozens of people while they were carrying out a forced pick-up of MSAT, a suspect in the sexual abuse of female students at the Shiddiqiyah Ploso Islamic Boarding School, Jombang Regency, East Java.

"We have secured around 60 people. We are still investigating inside, we are sorting it out, hopefully it will be fast," said Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police, Kombes Dirmanto, in Jombang, Thursday, July 7, quoted from Antara.

His party revealed that the police deliberately conducted a search in the 5-hectare Islamic boarding school area to find MSAT, a suspect in the sexual abuse of female students.

There were dozens of people who were in the Islamic boarding school but it turned out that they were not students so they were brought by officers for questioning.

"We keep the conditions inside so that the situation is safe so that people from outside the hut we comb. We check one by one. If they are not Pondok or santri people, we will bring them," he said.

His party is also still looking for MSAT (42), the son of the caretaker of a well-known Islamic boarding school in Jombang, who is the suspect in immorality. The entire building was examined by officers.

"This hut is 5 hectares wide, then there are many buildings. We are hunting, checking the buildings inside one by one. Until now, the search process is still in question," he said.

He also said members were deployed in the search for the suspect. During the search process, his party confirmed that no members were injured.

"Until now, the suspect is still in the process of searching for him in the hut. No members were injured, just pushing and pushing," he said.

Hundreds of joint officers from the East Java Regional Police and the Jombang Police have been on standby at a number of points, in front and areas near the pesantren, since Thursday (7/7) morning. In addition, other officers have also entered the Islamic boarding school area to search for the whereabouts of MSAT.

Efforts to forcefully pick up the MSAT suspect by the police have been carried out since Thursday at 08.00 WIB. However, until now, the police have not been able to find the whereabouts of MSAT.

Dirmanto emphasized that his party continues to search various places to search for the perpetrators suspected of hiding in the Islamic boarding school area. The arrest of MSA was carried out as part of the law enforcement process.

"This is the last step by the police to hand (MSA) over to court," said Dirmanto.


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