Capturing And Having Sex With A 10-day Junior High School Student, A Man From Binjai, North Sumatra, Was Arrested

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MEDAN - A man from Binjai City, North Sumatra was arrested by the Jatanras Unit of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Medan Police, North Sumatra (North Sumatra) for taking away a junior high school student (SMP) for 10 days. During his detention, the victim had been sexually assaulted several times by the perpetrator in his rented house.

The perpetrator himself is known to have the initials MFM (27), a resident of West Binjai District, Binjai City. MFM was arrested by the Jatanras Unit of the Medan Police Criminal Investigation Unit together with Jatanras Polda North Sumatra in the Binjai City area without a fight after several days of pursuit, on Saturday afternoon.

In front of MFM officers admitted that they had taken the victim away and lived in his rented house in the Binjai City area with the mode of persuasion of the victim.

Head of the Medan Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Commissioner of Police Jama Kita Purba, said that the disclosure of this confinement case began with a report by the victim's biological father who lost his daughter with the initials MAS on March 21, 2024.

Receiving the report, the Jatanras Polrestabes Medan team together with the North Sumatra Police conducted an investigation until finally officers managed to find the victim in the Binjai City area.

"So it is known from the results of investigating the whereabouts of this victim in Binjai, several days the joint special team got the whereabouts of the victim. Alhamdulillah, on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at around 17.30 WIB, the victim was found in Binjai with his friend," said Jama, Sunday night.

The officer then interrogated the victim and it turned out that so far he had been taken away by the perpetrator of MFM, known to the victim through social media. Receiving this information, the team then moved quickly and managed to catch the perpetrator.

Jama revealed that the victim had been with the perpetrator for almost 10 days and was invited to live in the same house. They then had sex like husband and wife.

"The mode, the victim and the perpetrator got acquainted through social media Instagram after that they were dating and then invited to leave the house after that they were invited to stay at home and have a husband and wife relationship three times," he said.

Jama explained that the victim initially left the house and on Wednesday, March 20. Then the family tried to find the victim and it was not found until the victim's biological father came to the Mepolrestabes Medan to report the victim's disappearance.

"So after we received a report from the victim's parents, we immediately formed a joint team with the North Sumatra Police to conduct an investigation and pursuit," he explained.

To account for his actions, MFM has now been named a suspect and is languishing in the detention cell of the Medan Police Headquarters, North Sumatra.

The suspect will be subject to article in Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection which carries a penalty of 15 years in prison.