10 Perpetrators Of Child Abuse In Palu Arrested, 2 Fox Lem Boxes Secured

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Palu Police Muhammad Reza gave information on the arrest of 10 perpetrators of sexual intercourse against a minor in Palu, Thursday (14/11/2024). (ANTARA/Nur Amalia Amir)

JAKARTA - The police arrested 10 perpetrators of sexual abuse of a minor carried out in Ulujadi District, Palu City.

"Satreskrim Polresta Palu has secured and processed 10 suspects who are strongly suspected of committing criminal acts of sexual violence against children," said Head of the Palu Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Kasat Reskrim) Muhammad Reza at a press conference in Palu, Thursday, November 14, confiscated by Antara.

He explained that of the 10 suspects, eight of them were adults and the other two were minors.

The suspects had the initials AI (33), BT (19), AM (20), RM (21), UM (19), FR (23), AW (18), SN (21), HS (16), and HH (16).

Reza said that the sexual intercourse with minors was carried out on Uwe Numbu Street, Donggala Village, Ulujadi District, Palu City on Saturday, November 2.

The perpetrator's modus operandi was initially three people, then invited the other perpetrators to go to the house of the witness with the initials IM, who is the girlfriend of one of the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, the victim was already at the house of witness IM and then they agreed to go to the scene of the crime with the excuse of enjoying Sunday night.

"The perpetrators invited and forced the victim to participate in consuming alcoholic beverages until the victim was drunk. The perpetrator then carried the victim into the room and then took turns having sex with him," he said.

The police secured evidence in the form of a set of victim's clothes, two plastic wraps of alcoholic beverages with rat stamps, and two boxes of glue fox.

He said that currently the perpetrators are being held at the Palu Police and must be held accountable for their actions and will be processed according to the law and in accordance with the applicable laws.

"As for the criminal threat, the suspects are threatened with a minimum sentence of 5 years and a maximum of 15 years in prison," he said.