Whistleblowers And Perpetrators Of Child Abuse In Makassar Will Be Brought To The Police Station

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MAKASSAR - The family of a child bullying victim with the initials IRM who is still in junior high school, finally reported a case of alleged abuse and beating of his child to the Makassar Police Station, South Sulawesi.

"He has reported it," said Head of the Women and Children Protection Unit (PPA) of the Makassar Polrestabes, Iptu Rivai when confirmed, reported by Antara, Thursday, January 13.

He said the investigative team had followed up on the alleged child bullying case by gathering information and visiting the SMPN 21 school to clarify the actual incident.

From the results of the information collected by investigators later, he said, to ascertain whether the case is in the criminal realm, or a mediation process will be carried out.

"So, tomorrow the follow-up will be brought to the Makassar Polrestabes both the reporter and the perpetrator. Later the school will also be involved because these children are still students and are underage," said Iptu Rivai emphasizing.

When asked about the incident, in the opinion of the Head of the Makassar Education Office, Muhyiddin, that it was only part of creating content for their social media, Rivai said, of course everything was included in the realm of investigation.

"All criminal acts are still being processed. Only if the reported person is a minor, there is a special process. There is a detention process, but the mediation process is still prioritized because it involves children's problems," he said.

For more details, he added, it is planned that tomorrow, Friday, January 14, 2021, an inspection will be carried out to bring the two parties together.

"Because the investigation team had coordinated with the school," added Iptu Rivai.

Previously, the victim's family reported the alleged abuse of children with abuse accompanied by beatings to the Makassar Polrestabes office according to the report number STBL/64/I/22/Polda Sulsel/Restabes Makassar.

The reporter is the victim's mother, Andi Erni Pallawa Rukka who reported the alleged criminal act of molesting and beating her child. The incident on Friday, January 7, 2021, was suspected by his schoolmates on Jalan Minasa Upa, in front of the SMPN 21 Makassar school.

The family only became aware of the incident on Monday, January 10, 2021, after a video of the alleged abuse of the victim by a friend went viral on social media. The victim suffered injuries to the left and right cheeks.

"We have followed up with the legal process by reporting it to the police. My wife has been taken (viral video) on her cellphone earlier," said the victim's father, Andi Idris after reporting.