Regrets From The Surabaya DPRD There Is Child Violence In Shelter ABH

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JAKARTA - Commission D of the Surabaya City DPRD regrets the occurrence of child abuse in the Child's Shelter before the law (ABH) of the Office of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, as well as local Population Control and Family Planning.

Chairman of Commission D of the Surabaya DPRD, Khusnul Khotimah, asked the perpetrators to be given strict sanctions because his behavior was beyond the limits and damaged Surabaya's image as a child-friendly city.

"Surabaya is preparing to become a World Child Friendly City. With the existence of cases of violence against this child, it is certainly an obstacle. For this reason, cases like this must be a serious concern for the Surabaya City Government," he said as quoted by Antara, Saturday, March 4.

Initially, Khusnul admitted that he was very surprised and concerned about the alleged violence.

According to him, the incident should not have happened, especially in a shelter or a safe house that should provide a sense of security to its residents.

Sebelumnya perlu diketahui, oknum anggota Linmas atau petugas Shelter dilaporkan ke polisi, usai diduga melakukan salah satu anak penghuni baru Shelter ABH yang dikelola Pemkot Surabaya.

The victim's mother reported it to the police because her 17-year-old child was told by the perpetrator to creep on the paving until his hands were injured. If you do not obey the orders of an individual, the victim is threatened with being beaten or electrocuted. Even the victim was hit by the perpetrator until his face was injured.

"I am very concerned about the occurrence of this case. Some time ago violence against children occurred in educational institutions, now in a place where children should receive protection. This is really sad," said Khusnul.

Surabaya Mayor Eri Cahyadi said his party had fired the Shelter ABH officer because of the abuse of a 17-year-old child.

"So the matter of the shelter officers yesterday was investigated, and severe sanctions were given. Incidentally, it was a shelter officer who was not from a civil servant, so we sanctioned it, we fired it, and we issued it as a shelter officer," said Eri.

Mayor Eri wants the unscrupulous shelter officers involved to be punished according to applicable regulations. Therefore, he wants the process to continue, even though he has been fired as a contract worker for shelter officers within the city government.

"We have issued heavy sanctions. However, the law must continue, his dismissal starting yesterday, one person being examined," he said.