The Ministry Of Social Affairs Ensures That Victims Of Sexual Violence Of Fathers And Children In Cianjur Jali Trauma Healing And Work Skills

Illustration of victims of sexual violence. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) admits that it will oversee the legal process of cases of sexual violence in Cianjur experienced by a woman with the initials S. For now, S has been given assistance for medical and psychological examinations for recovery or trauma healing.

Head of the Integrated Center for Integrated Soeweno (STIS) Cibinong MO Royani said the comprehensive assessment was following up on the direction of the Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini.

S pun telah diperiksa hansilnya dinyatakan negatif dari HIV/AIDS atau penyakit menularasi seksual (PMS) lainnya. Kondisi konsysis perempuan 20 tahun itu juga dinyatakan baik, hanya ada kecemasan ringan.

"Since February 23, 2023, S has been at STIS for residential services. The assistants also provide vocational sewing training," Royani said in a written statement, Monday, February 27, which was confiscated by Antara.

STIS's steps are in line with the doctor's advice that S get intensive psychosocial assistance and need to be trained to learn new skills as a provision for his future.

The Ministry of Social Affairs also provides ATENSION assistance in the form of clothing and personal cleaning equipment of IDR 1,810,000, covering medical examination costs, medicines and laboratories of IDR 1,075,590.

"Eti's mother (mother S) was given ATENSI assistance in the form of basic needs of Rp. 976,500, additional food stall capital of Rp. 3,460,000., and household appliances ( 160 mattresses, rolled pillows, wardrobes, fans, plate racks, gas stoves and regulators) amounting to Rp. 4,000,000," said Royani.

Family S has not been registered in the Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS) and does not yet have BPJS PBI. The Ministry of Social Affairs team coordinated with Village Apparatus and Social Service for KK updates and proposed to DTKS to get BPJS PBI and Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT).

S is a victim of sexual violence committed by his biological father when he was 16 years old 18 years old (from 2018 to 2020). Currently, the perpetrator (D alias R) has been detained and the case is still under investigation by the Cianjur Police PPA Unit. His mother is a farmer and her father is a laborer.

S grew up in an incomplete family environment. His parents divorced in 2003 (S is 6 months old), then he was taken care of by his father's relatives. Sitting in grade 1 of junior high school, his adopted parents divorced and S's care was returned to his biological father. S did not continue his studies because he had to help his father take care of his grandmother who had a stroke.

In 2018 when S was 16 years old, he first experienced sexual violence from his biological father from April 2018 to November 2020. He was unable to fight back because he was threatened with a sharp weapon. He wanted to move to his biological mother's house, but had the heart to leave his grandmother who was sick. His father also limited association and forbade S to stay at his biological mother's house.

On January 13, 2023, the family made a police report and the perpetrator was arrested on January 16, 2023. The perpetrators were charged under Articles 2 and 3 of the Child Protection Law with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison plus a third of the sentence because the perpetrators were families who should protect.