YOGYAKARTA - The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) RI said that the case of violence and neglect against toddlers at a daycare in Yogyakarta City is the largest problematic daycare case handled by its agency in the last three years.
"We have listed this as the fifth complaint for the problematic daycare case in the last three years throughout Indonesia. And this includes an extraordinary case handled by the Yogyakarta Police," said KPAI Commissioner Diyah Puspitarini at a press conference at the Yogyakarta Police, quoted by Antara, Monday, April 28.
According to him, the case of violence and child abandonment at the Little Aresha Daycare Yogyakarta became the fifth complaint for three years, becoming a big case because of the number of victims and 13 people who have been named as suspects by the police.
"And we appreciate the Yogyakarta KPAI, as well as the DIY regional government (Pemda) and all parties and the Mayor of Yogyakarta, because from the cases that the KPAI handles, this is the largest number of victims in all of Indonesia," he said.
He said that the daycare case was previously problematic in Depok West Java, then daycare in Pekanbaru Riau, after that daycare was problematic in Tebet East Jakarta, and daycare was problematic in South Jakarta, as well as daycare in Yogyakarta which is the fifth.
"KPAI hopes that in accordance with the law on child protection, first the legal process must be fast, second children must be protected," he said.
According to him, the number of children being cared for at the Yogyakarta daycare center is 103 children, 53 of whom are suspected to be victims of violence, but all children must receive psychosocial assistance quickly and well from the Yogyakarta City Government (Pemkot).
"Then according to the child protection law, they must receive social assistance and legal protection," he said.
Diyah said that the daycare case was problematic, which was currently and previously handled by the average licensing, there was none. Even in this Yogyakarta daycare, KPAI found indications of a kind of standard operating procedure (SOP) that was not correct.
"There are guidelines that daycare centers follow that this alleged violence is systematic and structured, because it is carried out by more than three, four or even 10 people," he said.
Due to this incident, the KPAI asked for assistance for the families of the child victims, because there were several families of children who had previously been found to need protection.
"We hope that all parents in Indonesia will be more aware. And in this case, the state is present to protect children, and in the future, daycare centers throughout Indonesia will have an operating permit as a form of protection for Indonesian children," he said.
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