Chain Message Circulating Employees Bullied And Harassed, Central KPI Holds Plenary Session

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JAKARTA - The confession of a man with the initials MS who called himself a victim of bullying or sexual harassment within the Central Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) spread through the short message from WhatsApp application.

In response to this, the Central KPI immediately held a meeting to explore the matter of the confession.

"(We, ed) are in plenary first. Later the chairman will give the statement", said Central KPI Commissioner, Mimah Susanti, when contacted by VOI, Wednesday, September 1.

In the chain message, MS mentions a number of names and positions of the parties who sexually harassed him. In addition, in a message addressed to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), he admitted that he was bullied throughout 2012-2014.

"For two years I was bullied and forced to buy food for senior co-workers. They together bully me which makes me helpless. Even though we are equal and it's not my job to serve my co-workers. But together they humiliated and bullied me like errand boy", said MS in the chain message.

"Since I started working at Central KPI in 2011, countless times they have harassed, beat, cursed, and bullied without being able to fight. I am alone and they are many. The humiliation of my dignity was carried out continuously and repeatedly so that I was depressed and crushed slowly", he added.

In addition, MS admits that he was sexually harassed until it finally made him mentally disturbed because of stress. In fact, he admits, he often screams to himself as a result of the incident.

"The sexual harassment and bullying changed my mental pattern, made me stressed and felt humiliated, I was severely traumatized, but I couldn't help but survive to earn a living. Should the world of work at KPI really be like this? In Jakarta?", MS said.

At its peak, in 2016 he was often sick due to stress and in the end he was diagnosed with hypersecretion of gastric juice.

MS admitted that he had gone to Gambir Police Station to make a police report. However, the police did not accept the complaint.

He also complained about this to his superiors. However, the complaint only resulted in the relocation of the workspace.

Meanwhile, when he complained about the harassment and bullying to National Human Rights Commission, it was firmly concluded that the actions of his colleagues constituted a crime and MS was advised to report it to the police.

Even though he admits to being bullied and harassed, MS admits that he is still working at the Central KPI. Apart from the need, he also understands that the COVID-19 pandemic will make it difficult for him to find work.

"And besides, why do I have to leave the Central KPI? Aren't I the victim? Shouldn't the perpetrators be sanctioned or fired as a responsibility for their behavior? I'm right, why can't I say this to the public", he said.

"The bullying and sexual harassment that I experienced really made me unable to work at the Central KPI. But I don't want to increase the number of unemployed in this country", added MS.