North Maluku Brimob Member Named As Suspect For Abusing His 17-Year-Old Girlfriend

Press conference of Dansat Brimob Polda Malut Kombes Pol Muhammad Erwin in Ternate, Monday. (Antara/Abdul Fatah)

MALUT - Bripda MSA, a member of the Brimob Polda North Maluku (Malut) has been named a suspect in a case of alleged molestation accompanied by threats against his girlfriend, a 17-year-old woman with the initials M.

"Bripda MSA is being detained at the Mako Brimob Polda Malut," said Dansat Brimob Polda Malut Kombes Pol Muhammad Erwin in Ternate, Monday, March 28.

According to Erwin, the police are still conducting further investigations on Bripda MSA to clarify the issue of the case.

He said Bripda MSA was suspected of abusing his underage girlfriend to a pulp and reportedly telling her to jump into a ravine.

"From this case, there was an initiative from the Brimob Unit to apologize to the victim. Not apologizing with the intention of stopping the case, the case continues," he said, as reported by Antara.

Erwin stated that the Brimob Unit apologized to the victim, because the perpetrator had done something bad.

"After visiting the victim, the biological parents admitted that their child was still under medical treatment at the hospital, then the case was continued," he said.

Previously, investigators from the Criminal and Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) of the Ternate Police, examined an individual member of the police serving in the North Maluku Police Satbrimobda with the initials Bripda MSA who was suspected of molesting his girlfriend with the initials M (17 years).

PS Head of Public Relations of the Ternate Police, Ipda Wahyuddin, stated that the case is still under investigation and currently has clarified both the reported, the victim and several witnesses.

In addition, he confirmed that the Ternate Police Satreskrim investigator had conducted an intensive examination of the perpetrator with the initials Bripda MSA.

In fact, the Ternate Police itself stated that this case of abuse is in the investigation stage and other witnesses will be examined to determine the case further.