JAKARTA - Investigators from the Mataram City Police, West Nusa Tenggara, have named four teenagers as suspects in the rape case against a 14-year-old woman.
Head of the Women and Children Protection Unit of the Mataram Police, Iptu Eko Ari Prastya, said that the determination of the suspect refers to the results of the case title which took place today.
"So, as a result of the case title, we have named four people as suspects," said Iptu Eko Ari as quoted by ANTARA.
The four 17-year-old suspects have the initials BA, WD, MI, and FJ. Three of them, namely BA, WD, and MI, were named as suspects suspected of committing sexual intercourse and child molestation.
"For the suspect FJ, he participated (Article 55 of the Criminal Code)," he said.
By revealing the criminal acts of the suspects, Eko Ari also said that investigators applied criminal charges in Article 81 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 76D and/or Article 82 paragraph (1) jo. Article 76E of Law no. 35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law no. 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection jo. Law no. 17 of 2016 concerning Stipulation of Perppu No. 1 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment to Law no. 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection into Law jo. Article 55 of the Criminal Code.
"The threat of imprisonment is more than 5 years with a maximum of 15 years," he said.
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Iptu Eko Ari said investigators found the criminal acts of the suspects from a series of examinations.
From the results of the case title, it was revealed that three suspects, namely BA, WD, and MI, committed rape by rotating.
This happened after the victim was picked up by FJ, whom he had just met via Instagram social media. The victim was picked up with BA on Friday (23/5) at his home, West Lombok Regency to stay at WD's house in Sekarbela, Mataram City.
Investigators revealed three suspects, namely BA, WD, and MI, had sex with the victim in rotation on Saturday (24/5) and Sunday (25/5) before finally the victim was invited to the house of the suspects' initials AD.
He emphasized that the determination of a child-age suspect in this case also involved psychologists and forensic experts. The results of the expert testimony also strengthen the criminal acts of the suspects.
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