Police Of Sexual Harassment And Bullying Perpetrators At Central KPI, Victim: Wasn't Taken Seriously, Instead Said Let Me Call The Person

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JAKARTA - The Central Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) employee with the initials MS admitted that he had twice tried to report his co-workers who had committed acts of sexual harassment and bullying to the Gambir Police, Central Jakarta.

These reports, he said, were carried out in 2019 and 2020. However, the two reports were not taken seriously by the police officers on duty.

The report to the police in 2019 was made after MS felt that the treatment of his more senior co-workers made him stressed, emotionally unstable, and even fell ill. So, he finally decided to make a report and went to the Gambir Police.

However, the police on duty there actually asked him to first report the acts of sexual harassment and bullying he experienced to his superiors. The goal, so that these problems can be resolved internally.

"The officer even said, 'It's better to just report it to your superiors. Let the internal office handle it'," said MS in a chain message quoted on Thursday, September 2.

MS claimed to have followed the advice and reported the actions that had traumatized him to his superiors. He told his senior's behavior and made him move to another room.

"But since the complaint, the perpetrators have scorned me as a weak human being and the complainant. They have not been sanctioned at all," he said.

The perpetrators, continued MS, also continued to bully him until he was traumatized. Unable to stand it, he returned to the Gambir Sector Police for the second time in 2020 and hoped that his report would be processed. However, he had to bite his finger because there was no satisfactory response from the police. In fact, the police who received MS's presence did not take his report seriously.

"But at the police station, the officers didn't take my story seriously and instead said, 'Well, sir, where is the number of the person who harassed you, let me call the person.'," he said.

MS is disappointed because reports of sexual harassment and bullying that he experienced in the Central KPI environment were not taken seriously. Moreover, what he did was in accordance with the recommendation of Komnas HAM where MS was asked to report alleged criminal acts.

"Why is my suffering being underestimated? Isn't it possible for a man to be a victim of bullying and sexual harassment?," he said.

"I don't want mediation or a family settlement. I'm afraid I will become a victim of their revenge, especially since we are in the same office which makes my position vulnerable," added MS.

As a result, MS feels confused about who else he should complain to. Moreover, he felt that his dignity as a man and a husband had been destroyed by the actions of his seniors.

"Imagine, my genitals were harassed, my testicles were even crossed out and photographed by my co-workers, but all of these were considered light things and the perpetrators were still free to roam in the Central KPI. O police, where can I get justice," he concluded.