National Police Chief-PBNU Meets, Discusses Child Violence In Islamic Boarding Schools

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo. (Rizky A-VOI)

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo stated that he would pay special attention to handling acts of violence against children that occurred in Islamic boarding schools.

He conveyed this after holding a meeting with the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board at the National Police Headquarters, Wednesday, February 12.

According to him, cases of violence against children that occur in the world of education have become a public spotlight. Moreover, the resolution of this matter is also one of the concerns of the National Police

"We are also balancing by continuing to raise or expand the organization or work units specifically to deal with issues of alleged violence against women or child abuse, especially in this case, violence that occurs in Islamic boarding schools," said Sigit.

Therefore, the National Police and PBNU will immediately realize the MoU. Thus, preventive measures can be implemented immediately.

Then, continued Sigit, the National Police are committed to maintaining diversity and tolerance. This is because Indonesia is a country with people from various ethnicities and races.

Thus, all efforts will be made to maintain the values of unity in society.

"We will also take more steps to carry out further cooperation related to these matters," said Sigit.

In addition, the chairman of the PBNU in the welfare sector, Alissa Wahid, said that the issue of violence in the world of education is also PBNU's concern. Therefore, there needs to be cooperation to reduce or reduce the number of cases

"In NU, we take concrete steps to immediately minimize reducing and even eradicating violence in educational, school, madrasas and pesantren environments. Therefore, we need assistance and cooperation," said Alissa.