Young Women Claim To Be Harassed And Disadvantaged On The Crossing Of The Jakarta-Tangerang Toll Road

Officers found a woman who claimed to have been raped on the side of the toll road/ Photo: IST

TANGERANG - A woman was found abandoned on the edge of the Jakarta-Tangerang Toll Road, Thursday, February 9. The woman is suspected of being a victim of abuse and rape. Head of the Main Highway Patrol (PJR) of the Jakarta-Tangerang Toll Road, Kompol Suwito confirmed the incident. Based on the victim's confession, he took a bus with an acquaintance.

Furthermore, upon arrival at KM 25 of the Jakarta-Tangerang Toll Road, the victim was invited by the alleged perpetrator to go down. Then the victim was pulled into the bushes of the Jakarta-Tangerang Toll Road, and immediately raped and abused by the alleged perpetrator.

The helpless victim was then abandoned by the perpetrator at the scene.

"The initial confession to the officers had been taken off the bus, after that he admitted that he was raped by someone," said Suwito, handled by the PPA unit," Suwito when confirmed, Friday, February 10.

The current case that befell the woman has been handled by the Women's and Children's Protection Unit of the South Tangerang Police.

"It has been handled by the South Tangerang PPA Serse unit," he concluded.