West Pasaman Kejari Joint Team Arrest Fugitive Case Of Child Abuse

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PASAMAN BARAT - A joint team from the District Attorney (Kejari) of West Pasaman, West Sumatra and the police arrested the perpetrator of sexual abuse of a minor with the initials H (42).

"The perpetrator is on the People's Wanted List (DPO) because the Supreme Court's decision found him guilty. On Monday (13/12) yesterday we arrested him in Air Bangis," said Head of the West Pasaman Kejari Ginanjar Cahya Permana represented by the Head of Section (Kasi) Intel Elianto, at Simpang Empat, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, December 14.

Perpetrators are convicts in cases of sexual abuse of minors. The arrest of the perpetrator began when the West Pasaman Kejari team received information on the whereabouts of the convict sitting in a shop in Air Bangis, Sungai Beremas District.

Then the West Pasaman Kejari team led by the Head of the General Criminal Section (Kasi) Muslianto in collaboration with members of the Air Bangis Police immediately went to the location of the convict's whereabouts.

Furthermore, the joint team managed to catch the convict despite their efforts to resist and attempt to escape.

"After being arrested, the convict was immediately taken to the West Pasaman District Prosecutor's Office to be examined for a health test in the form of a COVID-19 rapid test," he also said.

After being declared healthy and free from COVID-19, then the perpetrator was entrusted to the West Pasaman Police Detention Center to serve a prison sentence of 5 years, a fine of Rp. 60,000,000, a subsidiary of 2 months in prison in accordance with the decision of the Indonesian Supreme Court Number 1581 K/pid.sus /2021.

He mentioned previously that the convict received a sentence from the West Pasaman District Court with a 7-year prison sentence and a fine of Rp. 60,000,000, which then the defendant declared an appeal.

After that the decision of the Padang High Court acquitted the defendant, and the public prosecutor declared an cassation which the Supreme Court decided to sentence the defendant to imprisonment for 5 years and a fine of Rp. 60,000,000, subsidiary to 2 months in prison.

The convict's actions were carried out around July 2019 against his 12-year-old biological son.