TK Children In Tulungagung Allegedly Forced With Alcohol, 7 Teenagers And Parents Examined

Illustration of liquor (alcohol). (Unsplash-Eezan Garg)

Police called parents of children to be victims of drinking liquor (alcohol) by a group of teenagers in the Taman Kendang area, Sembung Village, Tulungagung, East Java (East Java), Sunday, May 26.

Head of Public Relations of the Tulungagung Police, Iptu Mujianto, said that his party also interrogated seven minors suspected of deliberately molesting the child who was still in kindergarten.

"We have recorded the perpetrators, their parents were summoned and trained them. Now we have sent the seven teenagers home," he said by telephone, Sunday, May 26, confiscated by Antara.

He did not explain further regarding the handling of the case, whether a legal process was carried out or just ordinary coaching was carried out.

"He has been sent home and an investigation is still being carried out and deepening," he said.

The incident of the seven teenagers allegedly ordered a seven-year-old kindergartener to join in drinking alcohol went viral on social media, especially among Tulungagung netizens.

The incident of the seven children being scolded and interrogated by residents was recorded using a cell phone camera and then uploaded it on social media, tiktok, Facebook and Instagram.

From several videos circulating, two teenage girls in white and black and five teenage boys in black were surrounded by residents.

The video was first uploaded by Septy Luphh Angel Radinka's Facebook account.

There are at least two videos uploaded by the account. One video is 45 seconds long, while the other video is two minutes long.

In the 45-second video, the recorder appears angry with several teenagers in Taman Kendang who are in Sembung Village, Tulungagung District.

"This child is still young, how come he is given a drink (alcoholic)," said the recorder in the sixth second.

Then the recorder asked the teenager's house and the name of the village was answered.

In the video, a teenage girl in white is seen sitting playing on her cellphone.

In the second video with a duration of two minutes, two teenage girls in black and white are seen. Residents interrogated the two of them lastly of giving alcoholic beverages to a seven-year-old boy.

A teenager in a black shirt when asked firmly if he did not give the boy alcoholic drinks.

He argued that the boy took a bottle filled with liquor which was said to contain tea.

"The child immediately took it and immediately drank it," he said.

Even the teenager vowed that he did not tell the boy to drink the alcoholic drink.

However, when he was confronted with a boy in yellow who drank the wine, the teenager finally admitted to telling him.

In front of residents, the teenager admitted that he was 16 years old and studied at a State Vocational School in Boyolangu District.

Angry residents finally reported the incident to the police. The seven teenagers were finally taken to the police station for questioning.