Garut Resort Police is investigating the immoral case of a Koran teacher in Cikajang District, Garut Regency, West Java, which was reported to have committed sodomy against 10 boy boys in his village.

"We are still investigating," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Garut Police, AKP Joko Prihatin, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, June 2.

The police arrested the Koran teacher with the initials IY (53) who was reported by the victim's family from the children who were victims of his actions in Cikajang District.

IY has been named a suspect and detained.

"We are holding back, the victim is currently 10 people," he said.

Currently, the suspect IY is being processed by the Women and Children Protection Unit (PPA) of the Garut Police Criminal Investigation Unit.

The suspect, said AKP Joko, had been known as a Koran teacher or imam at a mosque around where he lived, but was finally uncovered after the victim's family reported the alleged immorality.

"The obscene acts committed by unscrupulous Koran teachers or mosque imams against a number of underage boys," he said.

All victims were sodomized at the suspect's house. The mode is to lure him into cash.

As a result of his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 82 Paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 17 of 2016 concerning Child Protection with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.


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