Elderly Man Arrested By Police For Abusing Nine-Year-Old Child

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BUKITTINGGI - The Bukittinggi Police Criminal Investigation Unit, West Sumatra Police arrested an elderly man (67 years old) who was suspected of sexually abusing a girl on a motorbike.

"We have arrested the perpetrator who is suspected of committing an indecent act against a nine-year-old girl, the perpetrator with the initials ER, she is 67 years old," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Bukittinggi Police AKP Adriansyah Rollindo, in Bukittinggi, Monday, June 27.

He said the perpetrator was arrested on Saturday, June 25, in an area in Sungai Puar District, Agam Regency.

"Our four officers arrested the perpetrator in accordance with the Arrest Warrant Number: SP.Kap / 26 / VI / 2022 / Reskrim, dated June 25, 2022 from Police Report Number: LP / B / 152 / VI / 2022 / SPKT / Res Bukittinggi/Polda West Sumatra," he said.

He said the perpetrators had previously been arrested by the masses who did not accept their actions.

Rollindo said, according to provisional information, the perpetrator carried out the action on a motorbike that the victim was riding with two other friends of the victim.

"So the victim was forced to ride the perpetrator's motorbike and sat in the front, while two of the victim's friends sat in the back, along the way the victim was molested by the perpetrator," he said.

Then the suspect and the evidence were taken to the Bukittinggi Police Headquarters and examined.

"The evidence that we have secured is a Honda Vario motorcycle, white and black, police number BA 3400 LT, and the victim's clothes," he also said.