Perpetrators Of Sexual Harassment At JPO Kuningan Not Detained, Police Hand Over To Social Service For Psychological Examination

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JAKARTA - The South Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Budhi Susianto, has spoken about the sexual harassment case experienced by a woman who was crossing the Kuningan pedestrian bridge (JPO), Jakarta.

Budhi explained that the perpetrator was not detained because the victim did not want to make a police report. "It is true that there was an incident and a member of the Police has secured it. But when he was at the Resort Police, the victim did not want to make an LP (Police Report)," Budhi said when confirmed, Tuesday, May 24.

Budhi said that for the handling of the abuse case, the perpetrator was handed over to the Social Service for a mental examination of the perpetrator.

"We leave the handling of the perpetrators to the Social Service while asking for a mental examination in question," he concluded.

It is known that a woman with the initials N became a victim of sexual harassment by a middle-aged man at a pedestrian bridge (JPO), Kuningan, South Jakarta, Sunday, May 22, evening.

The victim is known to have walked at the JPO from West Kuningan to East Kuningan.

"Suddenly, when he passed (the perpetrator), his father grabbed this part (thigh)," said N when confirmed, Monday, May 23.

N also said that after experiencing the harassment, he immediately shouted to attract the attention of those around him. As a result, the perpetrators were arrested by residents and handed over to the Setiabudi Police.

"Nothing (lost items). I just grabbed hold of my thigh," he said.