3 Times Molested A Minor In A Boarding Room, This Man In Pangkalpinang Was Threatened With 15 Years In Prison

Press conference on cases of sexual violence against minors at the Pangkalpinang Police. (Photo: ANTARA)

BABEL - The Dragon Team of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Pangkalpinang Police, Bangka Belitung Islands, managed to apprehend MA alias AN (32) for allegedly being involved in sexual violence or molestation of minors. AN is a resident of Jalan Veteran, Parit Lalang Village, Pangkalpinang City.

"This perpetrator was arrested by the Naga Criminal Investigation Team of the Pangkalpinang Police on Wednesday, July 21 at around 23:00 WIB at his parents' house in Bukit Intan District," said Pangkalpinang Police Chief, AKBP Tris Lesmana Zeviansyah in Pangkalpinang quoted from Antara, Friday, July 23.

He said the perpetrator was arrested based on two Police Reports (LP) dated June 26, 2021 and July 22, 2021. From that report the team moved to investigate and succeeded in uncovering this case.

Furthermore, on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at around 23.00 WIB, the police received information that the perpetrator was at his parents' house in Girimaya Village, Bukit Intan District.

From the arrest and development of the case, the perpetrator admitted that he had sexually abused a minor. Tris Lesmana explained that the sexual abuse committed by the perpetrator against victim J occurred on Friday June 2021 at around 14.00 WIB.

The incident was located in the boarding house of the perpetrators in the Taman Sari District, Pangkalpinang City.

This incident began when the victim left the house alone and asked her mother's permission to go to a friend's house to play.

While at a friend's house, the victim called the perpetrator. Then the victim and his friend went to a red light to sing and not long after that the perpetrator met the victim.

The perpetrator invited the victim and her friend to go to the perpetrator's boarding house. At that time the perpetrator had prepared food for the victim. After eating, the perpetrator asked the victim to return to singing, after that the perpetrator returned to pick up the victim back to the perpetrator's boarding house.

"This is where the depraved acts carried out by the perpetrators against victim J have been carried out three times," he said.

In addition to J, the perpetrator has also taken the same action to the victim with the initials F in July 2021 once and victim I has been carried out since June 2021 more than five times.

The perpetrators will be charged with Article 80 (1) of RI Law NO, 35 of 2016 concerning Child Protection and Article 82 (1) of RI Law 17 of 2016 concerning Tap Perppu No. 1 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment of Law NO. 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection or Article 292 of the Criminal Code with a penalty of 15 years in prison.