Knows Herry Wirawan Was Sentenced To Life Only, Rape Victim Crying Considers Not Worth The Psychic Burden

BANDUNG - The attorney for 13 students who were victims of rape, Yudi Kurnia, said the victims and their families were disappointed with the life sentence handed down to Herry Wirawan.

According to Kurnia, the sentence handed down was not commensurate with the psychological burden on the victims and the reputation of the victim's family was tarnished. He said the burden would be passed on to the families of the victims for generations.

"As soon as I saw the life sentence, I confirmed it and notified the victim's family. They responded that some were angry, some were crying, they really didn't accept it," said Yudi in Bandung, West Java, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, February 16.

Apart from his family, he also personally admitted that he was disappointed because he had tempered the anger of the victims' families when the case of Wirawan's actions was first revealed. According to him, there was a family that was about to commit anarchic actions to Wirawan at that time.

"Before the report, I had suppressed it, with one of the reasons there was the threat of the death penalty, because there were more than one victim, they really expected that," said Kurnia.

At that time, Wirawan gave understanding to the families of the victims to take legal action and not to commit anarchic actions. Because, he said, anarchic attitude would actually harm the victim's family.

For this reason, he also encouraged the prosecutor's office to file an appeal and try to get Wirawan the maximum sentence according to the previous prosecutor's demands. According to him, this must be the government's commitment through the prosecutor's office.

"It must be, and we strongly support it and ask for an appeal. God willing, we will submit the request to the prosecutor," said Kurnia.

The panel of judges sentenced Wirawan to life in prison on Tuesday. The judge considered that there was nothing that eased Wirawan's sentence.

His actions were found guilty in accordance with Article 81 paragraph 1, paragraph 3 and paragraph 5 in conjunction with Article 76D of Law Number 17/2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 23/2002 concerning Child Protection in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code as the first indictment.