Arrested By Police, This Man In NTB Claims To Be Only Interested In The Fill Of 15-Year-Old Children's Pants

Officers showed the suspect in the alleged assault case with the initials SI (right) before undergoing detention at the Sumbawa Police Detention Center, NTB, Friday (19/4/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Polres Sumbawa)

The Sumbawa Resort Police, West Nusa Tenggara, arrested a man with the initials SI (45) for allegedly committing violent acts against his 15-year-old neighbor's son. "We arrested the suspect based on the follow-up to the victim's report," said Head of the Sumbawa Police Satreskrim Iptu Regi Halili who was contacted by telephone from Mataram, as reported by Antara, Friday, April 19. The arrest of SI took place last Thursday at his home in the West Alas area, Sumbawa Regency. "The arrests were carried out by the PPA unit (protection of women and children)," he said. From the results of the examination, the alleged perpetrator admitted his actions on February 19, 2024. However, it was only limited to removing the victim's pants, who was sleeping well in the room. "The suspect admitted that he only wanted to see the contents of the victim's pants, but the victim woke up, the suspect fled," he said. The victim, who saw the alleged perpetrator's action, fled and then reported what had happened to his aunt. "After getting the story, the victim and his aunt reported it to us and the investigation began," said Regi. For his actions, now the alleged perpetrator has been named a suspect by applying Article 82 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 76E of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 17 of 2017 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulation Number 1 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment to Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection.

"Based on the results of the title, we officially determine the person concerned as a suspect and proceed with today's detention," he said.