The National Commission for Child Protection Regrets Defendant In Sexual Violence Case At SPI School In Batu City Not Arrested

Chairman of Komnas PA Arist Merdeka Sirait/ANTARA

MALANG - The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) regrets that until now, JE, the defendant in the alleged sexual assault case at the Good Morning Indonesia School (SPI) in Batu City, was not detained.

The chairman of the National Commission for Child Protection, Arist Merdeka Sirait, said that the defendant JE should have been detained due to the case that ensnared him, especially the case files were complete or P21 and the trial had proceeded.

"As a companion for the victim, I asked about this process. JE is not being held in a detention house", Arist said, quoted by Antara on Wednesday, February 16.

For information, JE, who underwent a trial reading the indictment at the Malang District Court, when leaving the courtroom went straight to his private vehicle. Until now, JE has not been detained by the authorities regarding the alleged sexual assault case at the SPI School.

"Then, what's odd is that he wasn't detained. When he left the courtroom, the defendant was picked up by a private car, the prosecutor's custody should have been", he said.

Malang District Court spokesman, Mohammad Indarto, said that regarding the detention of defendant JE, it was entirely the authority of the panel of judges. There are several considerations made to detain a defendant.

According to him, the purpose of detaining a defendant is to make the trial run smoothly. However, he emphasized that by not arresting the defendant JE, it was the full authority of the panel of judges.

"That is the full authority of the panel of judges and it cannot be intervened by anyone", he said.

The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Batu City Public Prosecutor's Office has ensnared JE, who is a defendant in a sexual assault case at the Good Morning Indonesia School (SPI) Batu City, East Java, with an alternative article.

JE was charged with several articles, namely, first, Article 81 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 76 D of the Law on Child Protection, Jo Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code (KUHP).

Then, Article 81 paragraph 2 of the Law on Child Protection, Jo Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 82 paragraph 1, Jo Article 76e of the Child Protection Law, Jo Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, and Article 294 paragraph 2 of the 2nd Criminal Code, Jo Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.