JAKARTA - The Magelang Police, Central Java, has uncovered an abortion case and detained three suspects, namely a traditional healer and the couple who did the abortion.

Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Magelang Police, AKP Hadi Handoko, said the three suspects, namely a shaman massage SR (35), a resident of Salaman District, Magelang Regency.

Then, the male abortion partner HY (21) and SA (21), both residents of Purworejo Regency. Hadi conveyed the abortion incident on December 21, 2020 at around 10.30 WIB at SR's house.

He explained that the chronology of the incident began on Thursday, December 17th, the perpetrators of SA and HY came to SR's house and an agreement was made to have an abortion, so the two couples were asked to stay for five days at the shaman's house.

"SA was given several ingredients, namely pepper, soft drink, and pineapple which was blended and then drunk, after which a massage was carried out in the abdomen until the fetus came out," said Hadi in Magelang, reported by Antara, Thursday, February 11.

The fetus that has been released is estimated to be 3 to 4 months old. Subsequently, the fetus was buried in a public funeral carried out by HY and SR.

Hadi said the couple aborted the pregnancy because they were ashamed that they were not married. They are still studying at a private university in Purworejo.

He said the perpetrators were charged under Article 80 paragraph (3) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection with a maximum imprisonment of 15 years and / or a maximum fine of IDR 3 billion.

Suspect SR admitted that this was the first time he had an abortion. He knows how to abortion with these ingredients obtained from youtube.


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