Handling Allegations Of Harassment Of Kemenkop UKM Employees Opened Again, Bareskrim Directly Holds Cases

Kabareskrim Polri Komjen Agus Andrianto (Photo: DOK ANTARA)

The Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Komjen Agus Andrianto, ordered the West Java Regional Police to immediately conduct a case of alleged harassment experienced by employees of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises (Kemenkop UKM). The order is a follow-up to the results of the Coordination Meeting (Rakor) of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs which decided to reopen the handling of the case. "The title of further fingerprinting by the Regional Police's Wassidik Bureau (West Java, ed)," said Komjen Agus to VOI, Thursday, January 19. In fact, Agus said it was possible that the handling of the case would be withdrawn to the Criminal Investigation Unit if there was no progress. However, so far the responsibility for handling the case is still at the West Java Regional Police. "Karo Wassidik will check and take steps," he said. On the other hand, instead of re-handling the alleged abuse case to provide a sense of justice for the community. Moreover, the perpetrators broke their promise when they agreed to make peace with the victim. "To give justice to the community," said Agus. Meanwhile, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud Md stated that the handling of cases of alleged harassment against the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs was reopened. The decision is based on the results of the coordination meeting involving the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK), and the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA). "Based on the results of the coordination meeting, we will continue to encourage that this case be continued to be processed again in accordance with the victim's report," said Mahfud. For information, the case of sexual violence by female employees of the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs with the initials ND by four of their co-workers occurred on December 6, 2019, which was investigated by the Bogor Police but was stopped before the results of the investigation were declared complete or P21 after the family of the perpetrator, who is an official of the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs, came to the victim's parents, asked for peace, married the victim to one of the perpetrators, and withdrew the report. However, the case surfaced again after the perpetrator who was married to the victim NB asked for a divorce and went viral until he got the attention of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. In fact, the suspects filed a pretrial lawsuit with the Bogor District Court (PN). The pretrial lawsuit is registered in the Bogor City State Court Information System (SIPP) with Case Number 5/Pid.Pra/2022/PN Bgr and the verdict is set on Thursday (12/1). In the verdict, the judge who tried the case accepted the lawsuit and granted his request. Thus, the status of the suspect in the case of sexual violence against the three has fallen.