The Tabalong Police of the South Kalimantan (Kalsel) Regional Police arrested a man with the initials IH (31) who was suspected of assaulting a 12-year-old stepdaughter until she was seven months pregnant.
Tabalong Police Chief AKBP Wahyu Ismoyo said the perpetrator admitted to doing this since 2023 or when the victim was in grade 5 of elementary school (SD).
"Currently the victim is 12 years old and the perpetrator has started to invite sexual intercourse since 2023," Wahyu said in Tabalong, Antara, Monday, May 26.
Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit (Kaset Reskrim) of the Tabalong Police, AKP Danang Eko Prasetyo, led the arrest of suspect IH at his residence on Saturday, May 24.
The suspect charged with Article 81 paragraph (3) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 17 of 2016 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law no. 1 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment to Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection to become a Law or Article 6 letter b of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 12 of 2022 concerning criminal acts of sexual violence.
Wahyu revealed that the victim's mother did not accept that her child was a victim of violence and a criminal act of sexual intercourse under the age of her husband.
Previously, the victim's homeroom teacher at the school suspected the condition of the victim who always fainted every time he attended the flag ceremony on Monday.
Finally, the victim told the teacher of the classroom. Hearing this, the school called the victim's mother to hear the victim's confession.
According to the victim's confession, the suspect IH was forced about three to four times during the month and was last carried out in December 2024.
At that time, the victim was alone with the perpetrator at home, while the victim's mother was out of the house, the perpetrator approached the victim and asked her to have sex.
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The victim had refused, but the perpetrator threatened to be silent and the victim was afraid to see the angry expression of the perpetrator, so that the victim was helpless. The victim also admitted that the perpetrator covered his mouth so that the victim's voice was not heard by neighbors.
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