JAKARTA The public is waiting for how far the legal authority is concerned with the former Ngada Police Chief AKBP Fajar Widyadharma Lukman.
The National Police has officially named Fajar as a suspect in cases of sexual abuse of minors and narcotics abuse. He was declared proven guilty of the crime after undergoing examination at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta.
"The suspect is suspected of sexually harassing minors and sexual intercourse without legal ties," said Head of the Public Information Bureau of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko.
It is known that three minors and one adult woman were victims of Fajar's sexual harassment. He is also suspected of recording his sexual acts and uploading the video to a child pornography site or forum.
For this action, Forensic Psychologist Reza Indragiri Amriel said that Fajar's crimes were not fabricated crimes and showed the level of courage and feasibility of suspects in committing crimes.
Meanwhile, Criminal Law Observer Farizal Pranata Bahri said that the National Police institution must work seriously to resolve this case in order to restore public trust.
The case that ensnared AKBP Fajar Widyadharma Lukman has attracted public attention in at least the past week. This case of sexual violence was discovered after information was conveyed by the Australian Police in January 2025.
Reports from the Australian Police surfaced following the appearance of a video of sexual violence on the country's porn site which when traced was uploaded from Kupang City.
Starting from that report, the East Nusa Tenggara Police conducted a series of investigations which began on January 23, 2025, in accordance with a letter sent by the National Police International Relations. As a result, it was known that the incident occurred at a hotel in Kupang City around June 11, 2024.
Criminal Law Observer Farizal Pranata Bahri said that the crimes committed by AKBP Fajar were a very heinous crime, especially for the citizens who should be protected the most, namely children. He also considers this case to have also tarnished the National Police institution under the leadership of the National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo.
"Crimes like this must be maximized. The impact he has made has tarnished the Polri institution, which we know is currently being improved by the National Police Chief General Listyo," said Farizal when contacted by VOI.
"The punishment that deserves, apart from imprisonment, is that there is a maximum PTDH (disrespectful dismissal) from the National Police institution and it is necessary to carry out psychological and mental development to the person concerned," he added.
The public urged Fajar to be given the harshest punishment. For this case, Fajar is said to be subject to Article 6 letter c and Article 14 of Law Number 12 of 2022 concerning the Crime of Sexual Violence. However, the public also wants Fajar to be charged with the Electronic Information and Transaction Law (ITE) for spreading pornographic content.
Contacted separately, Forensic Psychologist Reza Indragiri Amriel emphasized that Fakar deserves to be subject to multiple articles for serious crimes committed. Now, he is looking forward to how far the firmness of the legal authority is taking action against Fajar, who Reza calls a dangerous serious crime perpetrator.
But on the other hand, Reza doubts the firmness of the legal authorities in resolving this case. Prior to this, according to Reza, there were previous cases that showed Indonesia's lack of seriousness in handling cases of sexual crimes.
This case is the clemency of President Joko Widodo to the perpetrators of sexual sexual abuse of Canadian citizens in 2019. In fact, some time before, at the Jokowi Palace, he called child sexual crimes (KSA) an extraordinary crime.
He also compared it with Hungarian President Katalin Novak, who resigned due to public pressure after clemency the KSA perpetrators.
Fajar is only one of a number of police officers caught in a legal case. In the last few months. Last November, for example, a vocational school student in Semarang, Gamma Rizkynata Oktafandy died.
Previously, the police named Gamma a perpetrator of a brawl and a member of a gangster. However, the results of the investigation into the Professional and Security Sector of the Central Java Police stated that the shooting was not related to the brawl.
Recently, the National Police institution is said to have intimidated the Sukatani duo, which released the song Pay, Pay'. The band's duo uploaded a video of an apology and withdrew its song from the streaming platform, after allegedly being intimidated by the police.
Cases of repeated violence by members of the National Police were seriously addressed, because the number of cases that ensnared police officers further eroded public trust.
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"This has an impact on reducing public trust in the performance of law enforcement. Moreover, the suspect is the head of the National Police area in a district or the top leadership who should provide a good example," Farizal emphasized.
"People will think again if they get involved in legal problems and then complain to the police to see the current track record which is still bad in the public's assessment," he added.
For this reason, said Farizal, it is important for the National Police Chief to impose strict sanctions on its members who violate it so that it can be processed and imposed a maximum sentence to restore public trust in the Polri institution.
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