Shocking Facts About Child Violence Cases In Gowa, South Sulawesi

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JAKARTA - The case of gouging the eye of a 6-year-old boy with the initials AP in Gowa, South Sulawesi, is now in the spotlight. Because, the perpetrators and the motives behind the action is very surprising.

The eye gouged case occurred on Wednesday, September 1. The disclosure of this case began when the victim's uncle, initials B, arrived at AP's house in Tinggimoncong District, Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi.

At that time, B had just returned from AP's brother's funeral. Arriving at the house he heard the screams of the 6-year-old boy.

He went straight into the house. Turns out, AP is being molested by his parents. The eyes of the 6-year-old boy were about to be gouged out by his mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, and other uncles.

B immediately took the child to be evacuated. Then, he asked the local Babinkantibmas for help to stop the action

The 6-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in the Sungguminasa area, Gowa. Luckily AP can still be saved and is currently in the process of being treated.

Alleged Dark Arts

With this case, the police intervened. Head of the Gowa Police Criminal Investigation Unit, AKP Boby Rachman, said the boy's parents had been arrested.

"The abuse of minors resulted in serious injuries, carried out by the victim's parents," said Boby.

From the results of the examination of the witnesses and the perpetrators, the motive behind this eye gouging was instigated by black magic. They make the victim as a sacrifice pesugihan.

"The motive is suspected to be pesugihan, black magic, and hallucinations," he said.

Psychiatric test

With the motive behind the eye gouging revealed, the police decided to examine the souls of the two perpetrators at Dadi Hospital in Makassar. So, later can determine the next legal steps.

"We are still waiting for the results of the psychiatric examination at the hospital," said Boby

Meanwhile, the other perpetrators are currently being held at the Gowa Police Station. They continue to be examined intensively for information and other clues.

In this case the perpetrators are threatened with Article 44 Paragraph 2 of Law No. 23 of 2004 concerning the elimination of domestic violence in conjunction with Article 55.56 of the Criminal Code or Article 80 (2) in conjunction with Article 76 C of Law No. 35 of 2014 concerning amendments to Law No. 23 of 2002 Concerning Child Protection with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.