Escape After Victim Reported, Foundation Owner Perpetrator Of Harassment Of Santriwati In Cianjur Successfully Arrested

Perpetrators of sexual harassment MI (35) against a number of students in Cianjur, West Java, while undergoing examination at the Cianjur Police Headquarters, Tuesday (15/8/2023). (ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri). (Ahmad Fikri)

CIANJUR - Cianjur Police, West Java, arrested MI (35), the owner of an educational foundation in Takokak District, the alleged perpetrator of harassment against five female students, Tuesday, August 15. MI immediately fled when they found out that the victim had reported it to the police. Kasatreskrim Cianjur Police Iptu Tono Listianto said the perpetrator was arrested by officers at his brother's house in Sukabumi Regency. "The perpetrator disappeared a day after the victim reported his actions to the Takokak Police Headquarters, the officer who was deployed finally found his hiding place and immediately arrested the perpetrator," he said in Cianjur, Antara, Tuesday, August 15. In front of the officers, the alleged perpetrator admitted that he had sexually harassed a number of female students who were his students. The officers are still investigating how many victims are still investigating. Currently, said Tono, only three underage victims have reported to the Cianjur Police Headquarters accompanied by their attorneys, so that the suspect's status is imposed on the perpetrator who owns the educational foundation. "We will convey the motive, mode, and total number of victims after the examination process of the suspect is complete," he said. Previously reported, the Cianjur Police investigated cases of sexual harassment by the founder of a foundation in Takokak District, Cianjur against five underage female students under the pretext of treatment and scientific transfer, allegedly more than five victims.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Cianjur Police, Iptu Tono Listianto, said that his party was still investigating and developing cases of sexual abuse that befell female students by summoning a number of witnesses for questioning.