REJANG LEBONG - The Rejang Lebong Regency Government, Bengkulu, emphasized that there was no legal assistance to the two local civil servants who were arrested by the police for their involvement in criminal cases.
"ASN who are involved in criminal cases cannot be provided assistance from the Rejang Lebong Regency Government," said Head of the Legal Division of the Rejang Regency Government, Lebong Indra Hadiwinata in Rejang Lebong, Antara, Thursday, September 22.
The policy of not providing legal assistance to ASN involved in criminal cases is regulated in Permendagri Number 12 of 2014 concerning Guidelines for Handling Cases in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Regional Governments.
The regulation states that the assistance of the regional government's legal department is only given to ASN who are involved in civil and state administrative issues.
Two ASN Rejang Lebong Regency Government who were involved in the criminal case, one person served as staff of one of the OPD within the district government for being involved in a motorcycle embezzlement case. Then another member of the educator (sports teacher) at one of the public elementary schools who was arrested by the police for being involved in the case of child exploitation as a pimp.
For this reason, Indra explained, the two ASN personnel could not ask for legal assistance from the Rejang Lebong Regency Government and were advised to ask for assistance from lawyers or legal assistance institutions outside the district government.
Previously, Rejang Lebong Police Chief AKBP Tonny Kurniawan said that his party on Thursday (15/9) at around 19.30 WIB then arrested a suspect in the exploitation of a child (muncikari) with the initials S (54), a resident of Tunas Harapan Village, North Curup District, Rejang Lebong Regency, whose daily life is a sports teacher of one of the public elementary schools.
In addition to arresting suspect S, the police also arrested a masher with the initials T (55), a resident of Bumi Sari Village, Ujan Mas District, Kepahiang Regency, who works as a farmer.
The two suspects were arrested after making a transaction to sell a 12-year-old child victim as a servant of lust for suspect T for a fee of Rp120,000.
Meanwhile, another ASN who were arrested by the Rejang Lebong Police were Ju (43), a resident of Dwi Tunggal Village, Curup District, for the case of embezzlement of motorbikes belonging to motorcycle taxi drivers in the area on September 5 and was arrested on September 15, 2022.
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