Teenager Kills Father And Grandmother In Lebak Bulus Allegedly Hallucination, Psychologist Reveals Cause

TKP Pembunuhan di Lebak Bulus/ Foto: Jehan/VOI

JAKARTA - The police are still investigating the motive for MAS (14) allegedly killing his biological father, APW (40) and Grandma, RM (69) at Bona Housing, Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, Saturday, November 30.

Professor of the University of Indonesia (UI) for Psychology, Rose Mini Agoes Salim, assessed that in this case there are many factors that in the process are not easy to trace.

He also provides one example of a factor that causes a person to become hallucidated, so that they can do something that is far from their daily habit.

"For example, if there are children, stress is too far, for example the burden of school is a lot, the expectations of parents are high, the environment sees him as a person who is always smart, good, and so on," Rose said when confirmed by VOI, Wednesday, December 4.

"Until one point, for example, he feels tired, then down because he can't withstand the pressures and expectations of people, he could be stressed. Prolonged stress can become depression. This depression can also cause hallucinations," he continued.

Then, this hallucinatory factor also has many examples such as when a person is in a state of hunger, depression, nervous disorders to high fever, so that he has thoughts that are outside of his usual skills.

"The cause is probably a lot, we have to have more assessments of this child deepening," he said.

"Because of this, people who have hallucinations are people who perceive something that is accepted by the sense, hearing, vision, then also taste and so on, as if it exists, but actually it doesn't exist. Nothing is in real form. So what he does is actually the wrong perception, "he added

Therefore, Rose suggested, for the officers who handle the teenager not to rush to determine his diagnosis.

"Because later if the cause is wrong, we don't detect it properly. The treatment or treatment will also be wrong later. And the handling of the case is wrong. (So the method) We collect data first, we see, it's as if there was this in the checklist first, there is this, there is this. Oh, this is the possibility of the child being there, "he said.

The police are still investigating the motive for the murder allegedly carried out by MAS (14) against his biological father, APW (40) and his grandmother, RM (69) at the Taman Bona Housing, Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, last Saturday, November 30.

The Head of Public Relations of the South Jakarta Metro Police, AKP Nurma Dewi, denied that the motive for the murder by a young SMK in South Jakarta was due to pressure from parents' education on the alleged perpetrator.

He explained that MAS had admitted that he was asked to study by his parents. However, the request is not coercion, but the desire of parents in general so that the child becomes smart.

"He was told to study, but it's a normal thing for children who are in conflict with this law. So it has become a habit of their parents, they are told to study. He said 'this is not coercion'," Nurma told reporters at the South Jakarta Metro Police, Tuesday, December 3.

Nurma also said that MAS followed his parents' request because he thought it was an obligation, for a student in general. So he did it with pleasure.

Indeed, he was told by his father and mother. But he did not feel pressured, because he said 'if I learn I am smart'. That's what the child said in conflict with the law. So even though he was told to study, he did it happily," he concluded.