TANJUNG SELOR - The alleged sexual harassment case occurred against a number of students at Vocational High School (SMKN) 1 in Malinau Regency, North Kalimantan (Kaltara), which attracted the attention of the Provincial Government's Education and Culture Office (Disdikbud). (Pemprov) Kaltara.

Head of the Education and Culture Office (Kadis Dikbud) Kaltara Teguh Henri Sutanto confirmed that his party would take firm action against the teacher with the initials N who was suspected of sexually harassing him.

"It is true, the teacher has the status of an ASN (State Civil Apparatus) regarding the number of victims and how the chronology of the incident is being investigated by a team at the Kaltara Disdikbud Branch Office (kancab) in Malinau," he said, Wednesday, January 15.

Teguh emphasized that his party had responded to the findings. However, the Malinau SMKN 1 teacher has not been deactivated and is still under investigation by the police.

"It has not been deactivated, because it is still under investigation and there has been no legal determination or commitment," he said.

"But, yes, because they have been detained, they don't teach anymore," he added firmly.

According to the staffing regulations, if found guilty, the unscrupulous teacher can be punished such as demotion, dismissal with respect and dishonorable dismissal.

"The heaviest sanctions can reach PTDH (disrespectful dismissal), until now the school has not reported whether there is a temporary replacement teacher or not," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Head of the North Kalimantan Disdikbud Office, Malinau district, Joko Suprapto, confirmed that the reported teacher had been named a suspect by the Malinau Police investigators.

"Yes, currently, unscrupulous teachers have been detained at the Malinau Police Station, we wanted to see at the police station but it is not allowed because it is not visiting hours," said Joko.

Joko also confirmed that the ASN teacher taught at SMKN 1 in the field of computer skills.

"Currently we are collecting evidence and chronology of events to find out the actual incident," he explained.

"Regarding his status as an ASN, later the BKD will decide through a review based on a letter of detention from the police," he continued.

Previously, the Director of General Criminal Investigation (Dirreskrimum) of the Kaltara Police, Kombes Bambang Wiriawan, when confirmed, confirmed the incident.

The Regional Police through the Malinau Police have also received a report and handled a case involving an ASN teacher with the initials N

"This case has been handled by the Malinau Police, this SMK teacher has undergone an intensive examination. As a result, this teacher has been named a suspect," said Kombes Bambang Wiriawan.

From the results of the examination by the Malinau Police Satreskrim, as many as 10 students have provided information and one of them has officially reported the alleged harassment.

"The alleged victim is about 10 people. One of them reported being physically abused, such as being grabbed and held by the perpetrator, even the face of this teacher was brought closer to the student," he explained.

In addition to allegations of physical harassment, other students provide information about verbal abuse.

"The police have secured evidence in the form of screenshots of conversations between the alleged perpetrator and several students," he said.

"The reported party also admitted that several conversations and chat evidence were still stored by the victims," he said.


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