Judge Positive For COVID-19 Sexual Violence Case Trial Postponed

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JAKARTA - The follow-up trial related to the alleged sexual assault case at the Good Morning Indonesia High School (SPI) Batu City had to be postponed because the judge was exposed to COVID-19. Wednesday, said the presiding judge of the panel who presided over the trial was reported to be infected with COVID-19 after undergoing an antigen swab test on Tuesday, February 22. postponed for two weeks," said Indarto in Malang City, Wednesday, February 23. He explained that the postponement of the trial with defendant JE was carried out for approximately two weeks because the presiding judge of the panel had to undergo self-isolation. conducted starting at 10.00 WIB with the agenda of presenting three witnesses from the public prosecutor (JPU).

"There is no other reason for the postponement of the trial. The postponement was done because the presiding judge of the panel was in self-isolation," he said. Previously, the trial for reading the indictment against JE was closed. The Public Prosecutor of the Batu City District Attorney ensnared the defendant JE with an alternative article, with the threat of imprisonment for a minimum of three years and a maximum of 15 years. JE was charged with a number of articles, namely, Article 81 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 76 D of the Child Protection Act, in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph 1 The Criminal Code (KUHP). Then, Article 81 paragraph 2 of the Child Protection Law, in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 82 paragraph 1, in conjunction with Article 76e of the Child Protection Law, in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code and Article 294 paragraph 2 2nd Criminal Code, in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. The article that ensnares the defendant JE is an alternative article and not a layered or cumulative article. With alternative charges, the trial must be able to prove the defendant's actions with one of the articles indicted. In the indictment file read by the public prosecutor, the alleged victim of sexual violence was one victim witness with the initials SDS. This is a fact of the trial that is currently running.