Police Deal With Viral Cases Of Girls Persecuting A Friend In Minahasa, North Sulawesi

Head of Public Relations Grand Commissioner Jules Abraham Abast/DOC VIA ANTARA

MANADO - Police are handling a case related to a viral video of teenagers molesting their friend that occurred in Watulambot Village, Minahasa, North Sulawesi (Sulut).

The Head of Public Relations of the North Sulawesi Police, Grand Commissioner Jules Abraham Abast, said the case had entered the investigation stage.

"Investigators have taken statements from the complainant who is the victim's mother, the victim, and the witnesses who were at the scene," he said, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 15.

Abast said the police regretted this case of child abuse.

“This case is certainly a lesson for parents to pay more attention and supervise their children's interactions. Monitor our children in socializing, including the use of gadgets or cellphones, so that later things don't happen that can harm themselves," he explained.

The case of abuse was reported by the victim's mother to the Minahasa Police with the report number LP/554/XII/2021/Sulut/Minahasa Police, on 9 December.

Based on the report, the female perpetrator, who is still a minor with the initial T, invited the female victim with the initial P to meet.

Upon arrival at the location, the victim was immediately accused of cursing the perpetrator, which in turn led to persecution.

Unbeknownst to the victim, the perpetrator apparently ordered another friend to record the abuse.

After the abuse, the victim went home and reported the incident to her mother.

Meanwhile, the video containing the abuse immediately went viral on social media.

"According to the perpetrator's confession, she deliberately recorded the meeting with the victim and the abuse, so that the video could be used as social media content and she could be more famous," said Abast.