JAKARTA - Polrestabes Semarang arrested a young man with the initials BWS (23), the perpetrator of the persecution who killed an underage child who was the daughter of a close friend.
Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Semarang Police AKBP Andika Dharma Sena said the perpetrator was arrested on January 6, 2026 while fleeing to Sukoharjo.
According to him, the criminal act was revealed after the victim's mother reported the perpetrator's actions, which were carried out in December 2025, to the police.
"The incident occurred at a boarding house in the Genuk area, Semarang City," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, January 8.
According to him, the perpetrator who had a relationship with the victim's mother had been living under one roof at the boarding house.
The perpetrator, he continued, was suspected of often committing acts of violence against the victim and his mother.
The peak of the persecution, he said, occurred on December 13, 2025 which resulted in the victim being critical until he finally died.
The perpetrator had tried to remove traces by hiding and removing the victim's body to another place.
In addition, the perpetrator also had to confine the victim's mother, before finally managing to escape and report to the police.
For his actions, the perpetrator was charged with Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection or Article 458 of the National Criminal Code concerning murder.
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