Kemen PPPA Asks Parents To Educate Children To Beware Of Sexual Violence

Deputy for Special Child Protection, Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Nahar/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Deputy for Special Child Protection at the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Nahar asked parents to continue to monitor their children and provide education to them on how to avoid threats from sexual violence perpetrators in public places. "What can be touched and what should not be touched by others. Parents must also be aware of the threat of sexual violence that can attack their children by ensuring that the environment where children live is safe from various threats," said Nahar through a press release, in Jakarta, Monday 27 Juni, responding to cases of sexual abuse against children in Gresik, East Java. Nahar said obscene acts against children are a form of criminal sexual violence. "This incident is also a form of sexual abuse because there is an act of touching the victim sexually. according to Article 76E of Law 35 of 2014, then There is an obscene act," he said. His party also encourages the perpetrators to be prosecuted if found guilty. Therefore, if they meet the criminal elements in Article 76E of Law No. 35 of 2014, the perpetrator is threatened with criminal sanctions in Article 82 of Law No. 17 of 2016 with a penalty of imprisonment for a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 15 years and/or a maximum fine of Rp. 5 billion. Previously, CCTV videos containing allegations of child sexual abuse circulated on social media.

In the one minute 58 second video, a man in a white shirt can be seen pulling the hand of the victim, a girl with a brown hood in front of a grocery store in Mriyunan Village, Sidayu District, Gresik. The perpetrator looked around and asked the child to sit beside him. The perpetrator immediately kissed the victim repeatedly. Then the perpetrator immediately left the location. The Gresik Police have now arrested the perpetrator named Buchori (39) in Kenjeran, Surabaya.