Mayor Affirms Emergency Field For Child Sexual Crime

Padang Mayor Hendri Septa/Photo: Antara

PADANG - The Mayor of Padang, West Sumatra, Hendri Septa, stated that the area he leads has an emergency status of sexual crimes against children because of the increasing number of cases. in Padang, Monday, March 14. According to him, early detection of sexual crimes against children can be done well. "Because we are able to detect it early, we won the Child Friendly City award," he said. Hendri could not imagine if the Padang City Government and its people chose to remain silent. when sexual crimes against children occur. According to him, if left unchecked, crime will continue to spread and damage the nation's next generation.

"Thank God we responded well," said Hendri as quoted by Antara. Seeing the emergency condition, the Mayor of Padang appealed to all his citizens to protect their nephews from sexual crimes. , he said. He also told a number of sexual crimes experienced by its citizens. Those who are victims generally do not want to admit what happened to them. Including revealing who the perpetrators. Luckily, a team from DP3AP2KB Padang City was able to investigate the case. "The victim is silent a lot. Because predators are generally the closest people. Such as biological fathers or stepfathers, uncles, and others. Those who become victims are afraid to complain, feel that their safety is threatened," he said. also invites all parties and elements of society to work together and collaborate to overcome sexual crimes. According to him, if the community moves massively, sexual predators will feel afraid. "If our children have been damaged, it will affect our families and other people, therefore we Pemko Padang is determined to protect the children of nephews from crime," he said. Previously the Padang City Government formed volunteers protection of children in 104 sub-districts as an effort to carry out early detection of violence against children in order to make Padang a child-friendly city. "So far, violence against children is often detected too late, so it has been going on for months causing children to suffer for a long time. That's why we initiated the program early detection," said the Head of the Office of Women's Empowerment, Child Protection, Population Control and Family Planning, Padang City Editiawarman. According to him, as long as violence against children is often hidden, both by the victim himself and his family and close friends to the perpetrator's family. feel It's a shame because it's considered a disgrace to the family," he said. There are also families of victims who don't know where to report, causing the victim's child to be in a traumatized condition and has an impact on growth and development. Therefore, he took early detection steps through direct investigations in the field and carry out detection so that if a child becomes a victim of violence it is quickly identified. "From the detection, treatment is sought according to the rules and available resources," he said. community based in the village.