Need The Birth Fee Of A Second Child, Employees Of Cooperatives IDR 11 Million

The perpetrator was detained at the East Jakarta Makassar Police/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - A man with the initials TB was arrested by the police because he was desperate to embezzle Rp11 million belonging to his employer, a shop owner. According to his confession, he was desperate to embezzle money because he was caught in the need for the cost of giving birth to his wife and the treatment of his first child. "I needed medical expenses for my first child who was sick, I took a little earlier. Now, those who took large money were right for my wife's delivery money," TB told reporters, Monday, November 29. TB added that his employer's money was also used for his sick child and the cost of giving birth to his second child.

"I took the money for about 11 million sir, the money also made my son sick and the cost of giving birth to his second child," he said. TB was secured at the Makassar Police to account for his actions. Makassar Police Chief Kompol Zaini said the incident began with a victim's report claiming that the money was embezzled by approximately eight million. The perpetrator was an employee of the victim. "We arrested the perpetrator. However, when the suspect was detained and carried out by the BAP, he admitted to embezzling with the purpose of the birth of his child," said Kompol Zaini. The police then conducted an investigation and it was true that the perpetrator's confession was in accordance with the facts. "But because there was an urgent need because the perpetrator's wife had to give birth on a fault, it took about 20 million. Because the cost of giving birth of his wife was too large for the perpetrator, for that he was desperate to take money from his employer," he said. Currently, the perpetrator is still in the process of being investigated at the Makassar Police.