Allegedly Sodomy Lecturer Members Of His Association In East Lombok, Police Call The Victim More Than 1

Dirreskrimum Polda NTB Kombes Pol. Syarif Hidayat (right). (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

NTB - The police received a report of a sodomy case with the mode of opening a community called "Aggression" which was allegedly carried out by a lecturer. The association is located in the Gunungsari area, West Lombok Regency.

Director of General Criminal Investigation (Dirreskrimum) of the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Police Commissioner Syarif Hidayat said the report is now a record of handling the last case at the end of 2024.

"For the latest case report we received yesterday, it will be of concern and concern to us. The issues are that there are indeed several victims, but what we have just received the report from one victim. We will carry out further investigations," said Syarif in Mataram, NTB, Friday, December 27, confiscated by Antara.

Syarif said that the reported party in this case works as a lecturer at a university in Mataram City. The victim who reported was an alumni student.

"It should be noted that the victims and perpetrators (reported) are of the same type," he said.

He said the victim began to get to know the reported party when he joined the reported "Aggression" association.

In the report, the victim admitted to receiving sexual harassment behavior from the reported party in mid-September 2024 when there was an activity at the reported party.

"From the victim's report, it was stated that he was the last victim, and there were also other victims before," he said.

Based on the report, Syarif ensured that his party would be professional and according to the procedures for following up on reports.

"Because this incident was in September, we have to carry out an in-depth investigation," he said.

For today, explained Syarif, his party followed up on the report by conducting a crime scene (TKP) which was at the lecturer's association.

"Today our team conducted a crime scene investigation to take a sketch. Because it happened in Gunungsari, the team went there to find out where the victim was, where was the reported position at that time," said Syarif.

In addition to conducting TKP processing, in the investigation process, his party also investigated the information of the reporter who stated that there were other victims.

"We will investigate who the victims were before, we will look for and extract information from them. If we can indeed take the information under investigation, it is better, because it will strengthen the evidence for the incident or the actions allegedly committed by this person (lecturer)," he said.

Likewise, the reported mode of committing the crime in activities in the association. Syarif ensured that this would be revealed in the investigation process.

"This is what we will explore, what the modus operandi is, but the information obtained that this victim considers the perpetrator to have spiritual power, that's the first, the second, considers that this perpetrator is a respected person, a respected person," he said.

For requests for information against the reported party, Syarif ensured that his party would do this in a series of investigations.

"So, we first complete the evidence that leads to it (sodomy actions), then to the individual (lecturers)," he said.

Furthermore, Syarif invited people who had felt they were victims in this case to come report to the NTB Police.

"Don't give information to other places so that the confidentiality (of the identity of the reporter) is maintained, we guarantee it," he said.