Agus Bentung Case Files Are Still Being Researched, The NTB Prosecutor's Office Targets 2 Weeks Of Village

The suspect in the sexual harassment case with the initials IWAS alias Agus Bentung during the reconstruction at Taman Udayana, Mataram, NTB, Wednesday 11 December 2024. (ANTARA-Khaerul)

NTB - The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) is investigating the case file for alleged sexual harassment (Kejati) allegedly committed by IWAS or known as Agus Bentung.

"The file (suspect IWAS) is still being investigated by the prosecutor," said NTB Attorney General Efrien Saputera in Mataram, NTB, Monday, December 23, which was confiscated by Antara.

He revealed that the research on this file was a follow-up to the second delegation from police investigators.

"The files were transferred back to the research prosecutor last week, Monday (December 16)," he said.

Efrien ensured that the research of this file was still ongoing. The results of the research will be seen next week.

"At least one or two weeks there will be news (research results) from the research prosecutor," he said.

Director of General Criminal Investigation (Dirreskrimum) of the NTB Police, Kombes Pol. Syarif Hidayat previously stated that investigators had handed over the IWAS case file back to the research prosecutor on Monday, December 16.

In returning the file, Syarif ensured that investigators had fulfilled additional instructions related to the testimony of other victims from the IWAS suspect.

"So, we have confirmed and put it in the file, namely one victim who reported and four victim witnesses who have experienced the same thing. The rest, the testimony of the other victim, the testimony has been represented by the victim's companion," said Syarif.

The NTB Prosecutor's Office previously returned the case file of the suspect IWAS to the police investigators on Friday, December 13.

In returning the file, the research prosecutor provided additional instructions regarding the completeness of the case material.

The material equipment includes other victim statements, as previously stated by the Regional Disabilities Commission (KDD) of NTB Province, that the number of victims has now increased to 17 people.

In addition, there was also a request for additional information from a psychologist and included evidence of a voice video recording the conversation allegedly between the IWAS suspect and the victim. This video is known by the prosecutor's office to have been widely circulated on social media and revealed from information from the NTB KDD.