Ridwan Kamil Orders DP3AKB To Handle Bullying Cases Of Elementary School Students In Tasikmalaya

Governor of West Java (West Java) M Ridwan Kamil. (ANTARA/HO-Humas West Java Regional Government)

BANDUNG - West Java Governor M Ridwan Kamil ordered the Office of Women's Empowerment for Child Protection and Family Planning (DP3AKB) of West Java Province to handle, follow up and provide assistance to the bullying case that happened to F, an elementary student in Tasikmalaya Regency.

"I strongly condemn the incident (the bullying case) in Tasikmalaya. The responsibility of the closest environment, namely schools, principals, teachers, must be full because parents entrust their children to schools to be looked after, for education," said Ridwan Kamil in Bandung as reported by ANTARA. , Friday, July 22.

Governor Ridwan Kamil also asked law enforcement to give sanctions to the perpetrators of bullying who made an elementary school child in Tasikmalaya Regency depressed and died due to being forced to molesting a cat.

The sanctions given must be in accordance with humanitarian principles and regulations, especially the perpetrators of bullying are still children.

"Hopefully it won't happen again and there must be sanctions for those who do it, even though they are still minors. Of course with the principles of human decency, but there must still be lessons for those who do it," he said.

Ridwan Kamil condemned the incident of the bullying case and the school should be fully responsible for the case that happened to a student.

In addition, he continued, parents must also be able to educate their children to instill character values.

According to him, in the home environment, the parent figure is the teacher, while at school, the teacher is the parent.

"I am a survivor of bullying in junior high school. The governor is a victim of bullying, so I really feel what it feels like to be bullied. So the main responsibility is in the immediate environment, namely the teacher from the school," he said.

Previously, it was known that F, a fifth grade elementary school student, in Tasikmalaya Regency, died from depression.

As for the cause, the victim was allegedly forced by his playmate to have sex with the cat.

The incident was recorded via video and the footage then spread on social media so that the victim was embarrassed and depressed until he finally fell into depression.

After that, F, did not eat and drink until his physical and psychological health conditions deteriorated until finally he was taken to the hospital and died while being treated.