So Sweet! Couples In Trenggalek Who Report To Each Other As Victims Of Domestic Violence Finally Make Peace

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JAKARTA - Trenggalek Police, East Java, succeeded in mediating a husband and wife (couple) who previously reported being victims of domestic violence (KDRT) by applying the principles of restorative justice. , "said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Trenggalek Police AKP Arief Rizky Wicaksana in Trenggalek, Friday, March 18, quoted from Antara. Both UAS and his wife YEM, who both claimed to be victims of domestic violence, accepted peace and withdrew their respective reports. Previously, YEM had reported UAS because he was often a victim of domestic violence. violence, beaten and even crushed his body until it was difficult to breathe. As a result of the complaint, UAS was examined. But then he complained back to his wife because he had a bite wound caused by his wife and injured his elbow. "Before the settlement of the case, we have conducted a study related to formal and material requirements," he said. There are several mechanisms that must be met, said Arief, including does not cause unrest and or rejection from the community, does not result in social conflict, and does not have the potential to divide the nation. Apart from that, continued Arief, domestic violence cases are not radical and separatist in nature and are not perpetrators of repeating criminal acts based on court decisions. agreed to make peace and requested the revocation of the police report," he said.

Arief added that the steps taken by the police were in line with Article 9 of the Regulation of the Indonesian National Police Chief Number 6 of 2019 concerning Criminal Investigations and the Regulation of the Indonesian National Police Number 8 of 2021 concerning the Handling of Crimes Based on Restorative Justice. /7/VII/2018 concerning Termination of Investigation. "In the study carried out through case titles as well as analysis and evaluation, we ensured that all requirements had been met so that we concluded that the case could be terminated through restorative justice," he said.