Ngada Police Chief Inactive Allegedly Molested His Three Children, DPR: Law For Life Or Death!

Illustration of sexual violence in children (ANTARA)

Member of Commission VIII DPR RI Selly Andrianygana urged law enforcement officials to impose a maximum sentence against the inactive Ngada Police Chief AKBP Fajar Widyadharma Lukman Sumaatmaja on suspicion of molesting his three minors.

"He must be punished optimally, especially as the Chief of Police. He should, set an example, not take away his own future, really a barbaric act," said Selly, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, March 11.

According to the PDI-P legislator, severe and maximum punishments need to be carried out because apart from molesting and recording depraved acts, AKBP Fajar is also indicated to be involved in cases of drug abuse of the type of methamphetamine.

Even though currently AKBP Fajar Widyadharma has been removed from his position and is being processed to be dishonorably dismissed within the National Police, Selly emphasized that this does not provide satisfaction for the law in this country.

He said, referring to Law Number 12 of 2022 concerning the Crime of Sexual Violence (TPKS) and Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics, a maximum sentence must be given to the 2004 Graduate Police Academy.

Furthermore, Selly said that the entanglement of Article 13 of the TPSK Law could be given to the Ngada Police Chief with a maximum sentence of 15 years and a fine of Rp. 5 billion. However, he continued, because the perpetrator is a regional official and the victim's family, the sentence can be increased by a third or an additional 5 years. In addition, the recording of his son can make AKBP Fajar subject to an additional 4 years in prison.

"This means that if he is in charge, then as low as he can be sentenced to 20 years. But because of his lecherous behavior, I think life imprisonment or death is more appropriate," said Selly.

Apart from the Chief of Police, citing the mandate of the Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, Selly Change also asked that the protection of children and women be a top priority in the legal system and state policies.

He also reminded that the case serves as a reminder that crimes against children are serious violations of human values and should not be allowed to occur in any institution.