Highlighting The Case Of Sodomy Of A 7-Year-Old Boy In Palmerah, KPAI Hopes A Special Role From DKI Provincial Government

West Jakarta Police investigate a sodomy case for a 7-year-old child victim in Kemanggisan, West Jakarta/Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The case of sexual violence against a 7-year-old child in the West Jakarta area has been strongly criticized by the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI).

Commissioner of the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) Putu Elvina is very concerned about the sexual violence committed by H (39), sodomizing a 7-year-old boy. Moreover, the perpetrator and victim are neighbors in the Kemanggisan area, Palmerah, West Jakarta.

The perpetrator said he was oriented towards children. According to Putu, sexual orientation towards children is certainly dangerous.

"We don't know for sure whether his sexual orientation is towards children. This means that this has been categorized as a pedophilia case. We expect serious law enforcement against these perpetrators," said Putu, Tuesday, December 21.

Evidence for the crime of sodomy at the West Jakarta Police/Photo: IST

From the KPAI records, several cases of violence against children occurred to the closest children. Neighbors are vulnerable to being perpetrators or victims of sexual crimes. This phenomenon continues to exist.

KPAI assesses that this prevention must be carried out by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and not only law enforcement work.

Regarding the sodomy case in West Jakarta, KPAI hopes that the West Jakarta Police will continue to develop, it is feared that there will be more than one sodomy victim, or other perpetrators.

"There could be other perpetrators. I certainly didn't expect that. But since this phenomenon is common in sexual crimes against children, there may be other victims," she said.

KPAI hopes that law enforcement against perpetrators can be maximized so that it becomes a deterrent effect from other cases.

"So there is no attempt to target children as victims of sexual crimes again and again and again," she said.

Based on the results of the investigation by the Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) of the West Jakarta Metro Police, the perpetrator admitted that he had an interest in the same sex. According to the perpetrator, he was also a victim.

Evidence for the crime of sodomy at the West Jakarta Police/ Photo: IST

Even on the perpetrator's cellphone, there are many photos of boys. From the findings of the evidence, investigators are still studying one of the photos is a photo of the victim.

The perpetrators argued, the photos they saved by downloading them from social media Facebook.

Sodomy Mode

To persuade the victim to comply, the perpetrator lured the victim into borrowing a cellphone to play games.

The Deputy Head of Criminal Investigation at the West Jakarta Metro Police, Commissioner Adjutant of Police Niko Purba, said that the perpetrators carried out lewd acts against the same-sex only to men who were still underage. From the results of the examination, continued Niko, the action has been carried out seven times in a period of 4 months.

The perpetrator was arrested at his residence in Kemanggisan Ilir, West Jakarta.

"The victim was also given a set of Koko clothes for Eid and a watch. Also money. That's one of the things that made the victim want," Commissioner Adjutant of Police Niko told reporters, Monday, December 20.

Meanwhile, regarding the sexual deviation experienced by the perpetrator, Commissioner Adjutant of Police Niko said that he could not confirm whether the perpetrator was a homosexual or a pedophile. Maybe, he continued, the P2TP2A psychology team could conclude whether he was just a crime that leads to men or a pedophile disease.

"So, when we asked him, he said he was interested. We will cooperate with the P2TP2A psychology department to explore the psychology of the perpetrator," he said.

As a result of his actions, the perpetrator was charged with Article 76 in conjunction with Article 82 of the Child Protection Act with a maximum threat of 15 years in prison.

It is known that the perpetrator is still single, working as an office boy (OB) at a university in West Jakarta. Currently, the perpetrators are still undergoing examination at the West Jakarta Metro Police.