The Purbalingga Police have named a resident of Wirasana Village, Purbalingga Regency, Central Java (Central Java), with the initials RES (24) as a suspect in the exhibitionism case.

Purbalingga Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Police Achmad Akbar said the exhibitionism case was revealed after a screenshot of surveillance camera (CCTV) footage of the action of a man showing off his vitals in public places circulated through social media (social media).

"At least in the period of April and May there were two incidents captured by environmental cameras. The first is the crime of decency committed by this perpetrator was captured by CCTV at a basic food shop and this is located in the courtyard of SMK Negeri 2 Purbalingga," he said at a press conference at the Purbalingga Police Headquarters, Monday, May 26, confiscated by Antara.

In the incident that occurred on April 21, 2025, he said, the perpetrator committed a criminal act that violated the moral norms, namely showing off his vitals and then taking part in public places while seeing women around the place.

Furthermore, in a screenshot of the second CCTV camera video footage, it shows a similar incident carried out by the perpetrator at the Al Hidayah Mushalla page, Purbalingga Lor Village,

Based on the recording of the two incidents, the Purbalingga Police Satreskrim conducted an investigation until finally it was able to uncover the exhibitionism case on May 10, 2025 by securing the perpetrator with the initials RES, a resident of Wirasana Village, Purbalingga District, and working for a private company in Purbalingga.

"Then we will continue in the law enforcement process. I emphasize that this effort needs to be taken into consideration that what is being done by this perpetrator has the potential to disrupt public order," he said.

According to him, this is also an effort by the Purbalingga Police to provide protection for the existence of women in the Purbalingga Regency area so that they do not become targets of events or criminal acts committed by the RES perpetrators.

From a series of investigation efforts that have been carried out, the investigative team also confiscated several items related to fulfilling the criminal element.

Based on the results of the examination, the perpetrator is known to have carried out five acts of exhibitionism, four of which were carried out by the Musala Al Hidayah page and the other around SMA Negeri 2 Purbalingga.

"Against the person concerned, we take law enforcement steps based on the framework of the rules contained in Article 36 of Law Number 44 of 2008 concerning Pornography and/or Article 281 of the Criminal Code with a maximum imprisonment of 10 years," he said.

Nevertheless, he said the investigative team also felt the need to implement curative efforts to cure perpetrators so that they could later return to normal life, be able to unite with the community, and no longer disturb, especially women in their environment.

Dalam proses tersebut, kata dia, tim penyidik juga meminta pendampingan dari tenaga psikolog dari RSUD dr R Goeteng Tarunadibrata Purbalingga dengan tujuan untuk menggali apa saja yang ada di dalam dirinya pelaku.

"Also what is behind this act as well as efforts to heal the perpetrators," said the Police Chief.

Meanwhile, a psychologist from R Goeteng Hospital Tarunadibrata Purbalingga, Kurniasih, said that based on the results of psychological examinations, events that supported the perpetrator's actions were a favorite to watch pornographic videos via internet that had been done since childhood or junior high school.

Starting from his favorite, the perpetrator has wrong thoughts because the person concerned gets satisfaction just by showing his vital tools.

"We have carried out further investigations, indeed the person concerned has a sexual disorder," he said


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