Regarding Teacher Students In South Tapanuli, Mahfud MD: Biadab, There Must Be Strict Actions

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD. (Setpres-Rusman)

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD asked the police to take firm action against students who kicked a grandmother in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra (North Sumatra). According to him, this inappropriate behavior must be punished.

"Furthermore, there must be legal firm action. The children are very barbaric, the grandmother of Renta is so ridiculed and kicked brutally," Mahfud told reporters in a written statement, Monday, November 21.

Mahfud considers that the punishment should still be given even though the status concerned is not yet mature. Mahfud said, children can serve a criminal sentence of half the threat of moral punishment.

The former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) said that the student's behavior was not impossible for other children to imitate. Thus, punishment must be given without any reason.

"We really have to educate, we don't always have to punish. But punishment is also part of education," said Mahfud.

"Moreover, this kind of behavior has been symptomatic, so there must be an example of firm action so that other children stop and do not dare to do the same," he continued.

A video showing an elderly woman being kicked by a number of students has gone viral on social media. The video states that the incident occurred on Jalan Lintas Panompuan, East Angkola, South Tapanuli.

The video uploaded to the Instagram account @Jktnewss, Sunday, November 20. It was seen that the grandmother bounced and fell onto the asphalt, after being opposed by the students. In fact, there was a sound of hysterical crying so hard to endure pain.

The grandmother then ran away from the students to save herself. Meanwhile, the students seemed to step on the gas leaving the scene.

Regarding this incident, the Head of Public Relations of the North Sumatra Police, Kombes Hadi Wahyudi, said that nine students were arrested by the police. They were questioned regarding the incident.

After being examined, the nine students have been returned to their respective parents. The reason, they are still minors.

"The nine students were returned to their parents because all were underage, but were still under the supervision of the Resort Police," said Hadi.