Not Hanging Himself, The Child In Karawang Who Died Was Killed By His Brother-in-Law Out Of Anger

Karawang Police Chief AKBP Aldi Subartono (center) exposed to a murder case that was engineered by hanging himself at the Karawang Police Headquarters. (ANTARA/Ali Khomeini)

KARAWANG - The Karawang District Police have uncovered the case of the murder of a child who was engineered by hanging himself under the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Bridge near an industrial area in Karawang Regency, West Java.

"The perpetrator is a relative of the victim," said Karawang Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Aldi Subartono during an exposure to the disclosure of a crime case at the Karawang Police Headquarters, reported by Antara, Monday, May 23.

He conveyed that the disclosure of the case began after the police received a report of an incident of hanging himself under a toll bridge near an industrial area in Sirnabaya Village, Telukjambe Timur District, Karawang.

After receiving this information, the police then conduct a crime scene or crime scene investigation at the location.

"The victim is known to be Supriatna (14 years old), a resident of Pejaten Hamlet, Sirnabaya Village, Telukjambe Timur, Karawang, was found hanging himself under a back toll road bridge," he said.

The police initially suspected that the victim had hanged himself. However, due to irregularities in the victim's body, the police immediately carried out further investigations.

"After an autopsy was carried out on the victim and an investigation was carried out, the case was finally revealed, the victim was a victim of abuse," said the Police Chief.

He said that the perpetrator had the initials (TR) who was a relative or brother-in-law of the victim, a resident of Pejaten Hamlet, Sirnabaya Village, Telukjambe Timur District, Karawang.

The perpetrator tried to cover up his crime by fabricating the case into a victim of hanging himself.

The perpetrator hung the victim on the sidelines of the bottom panel of the toll bridge in Telukjambe Timur area, so that it was as if the victim died as a result of suicide. The Police Chief said that during interrogation, the perpetrator had the heart to act against the law because he was angry.

"The perpetrator was annoyed, then the perpetrator immediately hit the victim's face with his right hand, then the victim fell, then the perpetrator hit the victim's head on the floor, then the perpetrator checked the victim was not breathing. After that the perpetrator panicked and engineered the incident by taking ropes and sticks and tied to the victim's neck and tied to the sidelines of the toll road bridge panels. The goal is to make the victim look like he hanged himself, "he said.

The perpetrator himself was arrested at his residence without a fight, with evidence in the form of clothes, ropes and small pieces of wood.

Now the perpetrators must be held accountable for their actions with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. The perpetrator violated article 80 paragraph (3) of the RI Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection as amended and added to the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 17 of 2016 concerning the Stipulation of Perpu Number 1 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment to RI Law No. 23 of 2002 on Child Protection became a law.