Embarrassed To Have A Baby Not From Her Husband, A Woman In Purbalingga Chooses To Give Birth In The Toilet And Throw Her Fruits Away

The suspect YU underwent an examination at the PPA room of the Purbalingga Police Satreskrim, Monday (27/3/2023) afternoon, for throwing his newborn baby into the irrigation channel / ANTARA

PURBALINGGA - Purbalingga Police Criminal Investigation Unit officers revealed a case of the discovery of a male baby corpse in the irrigation channel of Karanganangka Village, Purbalingga Regency, Central Java. "The baby body was found by residents of Karanganangka Village, Mrebet District, on Wednesday, March 22," said Purbalingga Police Chief AKBP Era Johny Kurniawan during a press conference at the Purbalingga Police Headquarters, Antara, Monday, March 27. According to him, the discovery of the baby's body was followed up by the Purbalingga Police by deploying a team consisting of Satreskrim, Satintelkam, and Unit K9 to track down the initial point of disposal of the baby. The tracking leads to two houses about 100 meters from the location where the baby was found and is thought to be the initial location for the baby. Furthermore, members of the Satreskrim together with the local village head visited one of the houses that were locked from the inside to meet the owner. After meeting with the owner of the house, members of the Satreskrim suspected that a woman was inside the house. "On this suspicion, we searched the house, then found mattresses with bloodstained and several sheets indicating the perpetrator gave birth to a baby in that place," explained the Police Chief. According to him, the woman with the initials YU (32) who was at home finally admitted that she had given birth in a latrine at a pool near her house. In fact, he said, the perpetrator had the heart to smother the baby so as not to cry and then the baby who was still alive was channeled to the irrigation canal near his house. Based on the information of the suspect YU, the act was carried out because he was embarrassed to raise a baby resulting from a relationship with a man who was not his husband. "In order to account for his actions, YU is subject to Article 80 Paragraph (3) and (4) of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection, with the threat of a maximum imprisonment of 15 years and/or a maximum fine of IDR 3 billion," he said. Meanwhile, the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Purbalingga Police, AKP Suyanto, said that YU had been separated from her husband for approximately two years because she was caught having an affair with a man who was nine years younger. Previously, YU lived with her husband in the Bobotsari area, Purbalingga, but was eventually expelled and returned with his family in Mrebet because he was cheating again and pregnant. Based on the results of the examination, he said, it was known that YU did not want the baby to be born even though the man who was cheating on her admitted that the baby she was carrying was her child. "Until now, we are still investigating because the suspect's condition is still unstable," he explained.