TASIKMALAYA - Tasikmalaya Police, West Java investigated the case of child bullying to find out the facts related to the case of a depressed boy who died because he was allegedly forced to have sex with a cat.
"What is clear is that we have intervened, we have cooperated with the parties, God willing, we will pay attention to this handling," said Tasikmalaya Police Criminal Investigation Unit Head AKP Dian Pornomo as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, July 21.
The Tasikmalaya Police have received information and reports of cases of bullying an 11-year-old resident of Singaparna District until the child was suspected of being depressed and eventually died.
Tasikmalaya Police, he said, would handle this case professionally. The police will involve all parties, namely community leaders, religious leaders, as well as the Regional Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAID), and the Tasikmalaya Women and Children Protection Integrated Service Center (P2TP2A).
Coordination with all these elements, continued AKP Dian, is related to further handling in resolving the problem of children who are victims and perpetrators in the bullying case.
"We continue to prioritize the mandate of the law, provide the best process to handle it professionally and pay attention to the interests of children," he said.
The Head of Criminal Investigation Department explained that in the process of handling the case, the police will apply the child protection system law, including diversion.
In the process of handling the law, the police will first look for facts on the ground by conducting a case title.
"We'll see the results, what the facts are," said Dian.
For information, a child who is still in grade 6 school is reported to have severe depression with the condition that he does not want to eat and drink. The boy was then taken to the hospital where he eventually died.
The child's problem got the attention of KPAID Tasikmalaya who provided legal assistance to resolve the case.
The head of the Tasikmalaya KPAID, Ato Rinanto, said that the information gathered showed that the victim was beaten by a playmate, and ordered to commit obscene acts on a cat and then recorded using a cell phone video camera.
"The form of bullying is indecent scenes, where the victim is forced and threatened by his playmates," said Ato.
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