Victims Agree To Peace, Case Of Abuse Of 15-Year-Old Child In TTS NTT Terminated With Restorative Justice

East Timor District Attorney's Office (TTS) NTT during a meeting with the suspect in the persecution, Adrianus Thius and the victim. (ANTARA/HO-Kejati NTT)

NTT - The District Prosecutor's Office (Kejari) of South Central Timor (TTS) has suspended the process of a criminal case against the suspect Adrianus Thius through a process of restorative justice mechanism.

Head of the Legal Information and Public Relations Section of the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Provincial Attorney's Office, Abdul Hakim, said that the two warring parties had also declared a peace agreement.

"The prosecution process for this criminal act of persecution has been terminated through a restorative justice mechanism," said Abdul in Kupang, NTT, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, August 3.

He explained that the Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes, Fadil Zumhana, in the online exposure activity approved the case of a criminal act committed by the suspect.

Previously, Adrianus Thius was considered a suspect in violating Article 80 paragraph (1) Jo. Article 76C of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 17 of 2016 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 1 of 2016 concerning Second Amendment to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection into Law or Article 351 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes, Fadil Zumhana, in the exposure activity said that the article that was suspected of the suspect was due to mistreatment of Irvan Alehandro Sipa (15). However, the prosecution process was subsequently discontinued based on restorative justice.

Abdul Hakim said that several considerations were made to stop the prosecution of the persecution case by Adrianus Thius because the suspect had committed a criminal act for the first time. Including there is peace between the suspect and the victim involving the parents of the victim.

In addition, criminal acts committed are only punishable by a fine or punishable by imprisonment of not more than five years.

He explained, the Head of the TTS Attorney General's Office immediately issued a decision to terminate prosecution (SKP2) based on restorative justice as a form of legal certainty in accordance with the Indonesian Attorney General's Regulation number 15 of 2020 concerning the termination of prosecution based on restorative justice.