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DEPOK - Reynhard Sinaga took the world by storm. He was found guilty of 159 counts of same-sex rape. This Indonesian citizen was sentenced to life by the Manchaster Court.

The VOI team is looking for traces of its existence in Indonesia. We are looking for the house of his parents, namely Saibun Sinaga and Normawaty, in Depok. Their residence is on Jalan Dahlia, RT 3 RW 11, Depok Village, Pancoran Mas District, Depok City, West Java. It was not so difficult to find this house, because the residence is striking because it has a large area, recently we learned that it was about 3 hectares in size.

One corner of the house of the Saibun Sinaga family (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

From Dahlia Street, the white house with gray combination looks magnificent. The trees that are scattered around make the house look shady, even though Depok's temperature this afternoon has reached 30 degrees Celsius.

The guard of the two-story house did not leave the black and yellow painted fence of the house open. There was a courier for delivering goods who visited the residence. However, the guard only took things through the fence.

If you look at the back side of the house, there is a meeting hall which is one of Reynhard's parents' efforts. This building is leased to the public. Usually, this building is used for weddings.

Meeting building owned by the Saibun Sinaga family (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

We can't meet Sinaga family members in this house. Said one of the guards, this house is empty. "Pak (Saibun) Sinaga and his family are on vacation abroad," said the guard, who did not want to be named, Tuesday, January 7.

About 100 meters from the residence of the Saibun Sinaga family, we met the head of the local RT, Abraham Jonathans. He confirmed that the luxury house was the residence of the Saibun Sinaga family. However, he did not know who the son of Saibun was.

"If what Saibun Sinaga asked about is true. What I know, he has 3 boys and 1 girl. He (Saibun) had time to tell me that his son was studying in England, but that's all," he said. Abraham when met by VOI.

Abraham said that Saibun had been living in the house on Dahlia Street for about 4 years. Besides that, Saibun also owns other lands around Depok, namely on Jalan Bungur and on Jalan Kartini.

"He's such a rich man (Saibun Sinaga)," cried Abraham, saying he didn't know Saibun Sinaga's job.

He doesn't know the Sinaga family well. This is because Abraham's meeting with Reynhard's father can be counted on fingers.

First, when the Sinaga family moved to Jalan Dahlia four years ago, then during the 2019 Election at the local polling station, and at every celebration of Independence Day on August 17.

"What I know, Pak (Saibun) Sinaga is quite socially spirited. Every August 17 he wants to donate money for activities in our RT," said Abraham.

With all the hustle and bustle of the news in Indonesia and abroad, Abraham admitted that the residents around Reynhard's residence did not really question him. "Here the residents have large houses. Individuals and rarely chat," he said.

The head of the RT where the Saibun Sinaga family lives, Abraham Jonathans (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

For information, Reynhard was sentenced to life sentences by the Court of Manchester, England in 159 cases of rape and sexual assault against 48 male victims, over a period of two and a half years from 1 January 2015 to 2 June 2017.

This news became the biggest rape case in British history. "Reynhard Sinaga is the most prolific rapist in British history," said North West Deputy Attorney Ian Rushton, as quoted by The Guardian.

During his trial, the Manchester Court sentenced Reynhard to life. He also argued that his victims enjoyed the act of indecency. But the statement was rejected out of hand by four jury courts in a court of Manchester, England.

Moreover, Reynhard's lecherous act was carried out in his apartment. Where, he used to look for victims who were experiencing difficulties such as losing an ATM card, running out of smartphone battery, or just needing a place to stay overnight.

The police said that the predatory behavior of the man who was born on February 19, 1983 began to be exposed since 2017. Manchester Police even said that Reynhard was very skilled at tricking when carrying out his lecherous acts.

Officials from the special crimes unit, Manchester Police, Mabs Hussain, presented a number of evidence that had been tried through four separate trials from June 2018 to December 2019. Some of them were video evidence of rape recorded by Reynhard himself.


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