Mataram City Police, West Nusa Tenggara, arrested a man with the initials MO (20) for molesting his biological child who was only 2 months old until he was battered.
Head of the Mataram Police Satreskrim AKP Regi Halili said the police arrested the perpetrator on the follow-up to the victim's biological mother's report.
"We have secured the person concerned at the Mataram Police Headquarters for examination," said AK Regi, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, May 9.
The handling of the case is now under the control of the Mataram Police Satreskrim PPA Unit. Visum evidence and witness statements have been pocketed by the police.
Kasubnit II Perlindungan Perempuan dan Anak (PPA) Polresta Mataram Aiptu Yayuk menegaskan, kasus ini telah naik ke tahap penyidikan. Pihaknya tengah melengkapi berkas perkara dan akan segera melakukan penetapan tersangka.
Yayuk said that the baby's condition is still in medical treatment at the Mataram City Hospital.
The baby was taken by his biological mother to the hospital after the abuse took place at his home in Jatisela Village, West Lombok Regency on Wednesday (7/5).
Yayuk said the perpetrator carried out the action when the baby was on his wife's lap. That afternoon, the baby was fussy and breastfed by his wife. Because he kept crying, the perpetrator got angry and abused the baby.
"He was hit in the eye once, the crown with his hands bent. Finally, the baby was hit in the chest. Until the child cried but didn't make a sound," he said.
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In the perpetrator's action, the victim's biological mother had prevented and banned the perpetrator. Now, the victim's biological mother is still in a state of shock due to the perpetrator's actions against her biological child.
"Her mother is still in shock, the baby is still being treated at the hospital," he said.
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