After The Police Search For Birth Certificates, One Of The Perpetrators Of The 11-year-old Child Murder In Makassar Is 18 Years Old

Head of the Public Relations Section of the Makassar Polrestabes, Kompol Lando Sambolangi/ ANTARA

Makassar Police Investigator, South Sulawesi revealed that one of the two perpetrators of the kidnapping was accompanied by the murder of the victim with the initials MFS (11) aged over 18 years or an adult. "For age, I can convey that at the beginning of the investigation, information was obtained that the two perpetrators were still minors. However, after we received an excerpt from the birth certificate from the parents of the perpetrators, it turned out that one person whose initials were MF was 18 years old," said Head of the Public Relations Section of the Makassar Police, Kompol Lando Sambolangi to reporters, Antara, Friday, January 14. The perpetrator with the initials MF was initially suspected of being 14 years old. However, from the birth certificate brought by his parents, MF was born on November 5, 2004. "Meanwhile, another perpetrator with the initials AD, was born August 28, 2005 or 17 years old," said Kompol Lando. Regarding the application of criminal law for the defendants after it was revealed that one of them had entered the age of 18 years old, he was still subject to Article 80 paragraph 3 of Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection or Article 340 of the Criminal Code, subsidiary to Article 338 of the Criminal Code, subsidiary to Article 170 paragraph 3 with a maximum penalty of 10 years. "The article remains the same, only the detention mechanism is different. He (MF) also carries out threats to the Child Protection Law article 80, his status is already an adult, so the juvenile justice system is not treated," he explained. Regarding the findings, Lando said the files would be separated (split) as well as the detention period. "The application of punishment is certainly different, the file is separated. For a period of detention if the child is seven days, and can be extended for eight days according to Law No. 11 of 2012 concerning Juvenile Justices if not P21 (mpung)," he told reporters. "If you are an adult, the detention period is 20 days, and can be extended by 40 days, as long as the file has not been completed or P21 from the first 20 days of detention," he explained. Kompol Lando said the two of them were still detained at the Makassar Police Criminal Investigation Unit because they were not yet 15 days old. In addition, child perpetrators who are brought by age will be taken to a safe home for psychological recovery. The results of the post-mortem and psychological tests are still awaited. "The results of the post-mortem will be given to investigators, it cannot be disclosed publicly because they have not been released, the investigators will submit them later. Likewise, the psychological results from the South Sulawesi Police Psychologist have not yet been concluded, they are still in process," he said. Recognition of Parents of the Perpetrators Separately, the parents of MF, the couple Daeng Ambo and Yasse, admitted that they were shocked by their child's actions. "We don't know at all what this is going on, my son was picked up by the police. Just found out at the police station, I didn't know what was going on, at the police station I was just told to arrest the children and kill them," said Ambo, who looked dazed after being questioned by the police. After the incident of the destruction of his house, Ambo admitted that his life was uncertain and his family was also not willing to accept him. "Now moving, to the boarding house, the family also doesn't want to be at his house. We are resigned from this incident," said the man who works as a scavenger. Previously, the two perpetrators were arrested by the Panakkukang Police Criminal Investigation Team in two different places. MF at his home, Kodam Lama Complex, Borong, Manggala District. Meanwhile, AD at his residence Jalan Batua Raya 7, Panakkukang District on Monday. The arrest was made after the results of police analysis of the CCTV video that recorded the two of them kidnapping the victim. The suspect AD when the case was released at the Makassar Polrestabes admitted that he was obsessed with being rich and tempted to get billions of money after being influenced by negative content on foreign internet sites related to buying and selling body organs, but recently there was no response. The victim was killed and his body was dumped around the Nipa-Nipa reservoir, Moncongloe District, the border of Maros Regency.