A 4-year-old Man Fugitive In Child Abuse Case In NTT Works In Central Kalimantan Palm Oil Plantation Arrested

Tim Tabur Kejaksaan Tinggi Nusa Tenggara Timur menangkap Mahwan Sabat di Kalimantan Tengah. ANTARA/Ho-Kejati NTT

The Fugitive Arrest Team (Tabur) of the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) High Prosecutor's Office (Kajeti) arrested Deny Mahwan Sabat, a suspect in a case of sexual abuse of minors.

The suspect has been on the wanted list or DPO for four years and fled to Central Kalimantan (Central Kalimantan).

"The suspect arrived this morning at El Tari Airport (Kupang) after being arrested on November 18 by the Tabur Team of the Pulang Pisau District Attorney, Central Kalimantan, after coordinating with the Kupang District Attorney's Office," said Head of Information and Law Section of the East Nusa Tenggara Attorney General's Office AA Raka Putra Dharmana to reporters in Kupang, Thursday, confiscated by Antara.

He said the convict was confirmed to work in the oil palm plantation area of PT Berkah Alam Fajar Mas, Sebangau Kuala District, Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan.

On Wednesday 19 November, the East Nusa Tenggara Prosecutor's Office and the Kupang Kejari left for Central Kalimantan to pick up the convict and immediately flew back to Surabaya for transit. Furthermore, on Thursday (20/11) morning, the convict Deny Mahwan arrived in Kupang.

Raka explained that Deny Mahwan Sabat officially entered the DPO through the Determination Letter Number Print-1108/N.3.25/ES/10/2024 dated October 3, 2024 after avoiding execution of the court's decision.

He is obliged to serve a sentence according to the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1679 K/Pid.Sus/2021 dated August 26, 2021.

The legal basis for the execution was carried out through three levels of examination, namely the Decision of the Kupang District Court Number 90/Pid.Sus/2020/PN Olm, Decision of the Kupang High Court Number 106/PID/2020/PT KPG, and Decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1679 K/Pid.Sus/2021.

The convict Deny Mahwan Sabat was declared legally and convincingly proven to have committed the crime of "fulfilling the Threat of Forced Violence against Children Having Sex With Him" as referred to in Article 81 Paragraph (1) of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 17 of 2016 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulations in Lieu of the Republic of Indonesia Law.

Then Number 1 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment to Law of the Republic of Indonesia. Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection into Law in conjunction with Law of the Republic of Indonesia. Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection.

The Kupang District Court sentenced the convict Deny Mahwan to 8 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 100 million, which if not paid was replaced by imprisonment for three months.

Raka added that the success of securing the fugitive is an important note of the Indonesian Prosecutor's Sow Program as a form of the Prosecutor's commitment to enforcing the law and ensuring legal certainty for the community.

"This arrest is also the success of the East Nusa Tenggara Prosecutor's Team throughout 2025, as well as affirming the consistency of the NTT Prosecutor's Office in hunting down the DPOs," he added.