Police Arrest Woman In North Sumatra Who Abuses Her Boyfriend's Toddler

MEDAN - The woman with the initials SM (36) in Dairi Regency, North Sumatra was forced to deal with the police. This woman has the heart to abuse a 3-year-old girl, her boyfriend's daughter.

As a result of the abuse he did, the poor toddler was battered. His head, face, and genitals were injured.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Dairi Police, AKP Rismato Purba, said that the incident was revealed after officers were contacted by the Sidikalang General Hospital, Saturday, February 5.

The hospital said there was a toddler patient who had bruises all over his body. The police then rushed there to see the poor boy.

"The victim has wounds on the back of the head, bruising on the legs and hands, bruising on the back, lacerations on the genitals," said AKP Rismanto in a statement Monday, February 7.

Next, the police interrogated SM. To the officers, SM admitted his actions.

"He said the victim was the biological child of his girlfriend Ranto Sihombing," he said.

AKP Rismanto explained that SM's girlfriend, Ranto Sihombing, was a fisherman in Sibolga City. Ranto only occasionally came home.

"So in November 2021, Ranto entrusted the child to SM. Because they already have plans to get married," he said.

The suspect admitted to molesting the victim because he thought the victim was a naughty child. The victim's biological mother did not want to take care of the toddler.

"SM (then) was annoyed and repeatedly physically abused the victim by hitting him with bamboo. He also scratched and squeezed the child's genitals until they were injured by SM's nails," he explained.

Currently, he said, SM has been named a suspect and is being detained at the Dairi Police. SM, was charged with Article 80 paragraph (1), (2) in conjunction with Article 76C of the Law on Protection or Article 351 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

"With a penalty of 5 years in prison," he said.