Help Transportation Of A 15-year-old Pregnant Children's Content Outside Of Marriage, 2 Midwives In Kendari Arrested By Police

The Mandonga Police when releasing an abortion case involving two midwives in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi, Monday (3/10/2022). (ANTARA)

KENDARI - The Kendari City Police, Southeast Sulawesi, arrested two midwives suspected of being involved in abortion or abortion of an underage child who was pregnant out of marriage. Mandonga Police Chief Kompol Salman said two midwives with the initials SS (34) and WA (24) were arrested at his home in the Mandonga Village area after being reportedly involved in an abortion of a child with the initials NR (15) who is still a high school student. "An explanation from Bhayangkara Hospital that this NR was assisted in its delivery so that we conducted another examination of NR. From there we found out that the delivery was assisted by the midwife with the initials SS (34) with WA (24)," he said when releasing the case in Kendari, Antara, Monday, October 3. The arrests of the two midwives were related to the development of a female fetus which was stored in a jug and buried in the ground on Jalan Mekar, Punggolaka Village, Puuwatu District, Kendari, last Thursday, September 29. After examining the crime scene and examining witnesses, the police found out that the person who buried the fetus was the mother of NR with the initials NUR (34) assisted by her brother with the initials AS (28). "We have secured the person concerned (the NUR suspect) in the Wua-wua area. Then we will arrest again NR and AS in Lepo-Lepo," said Salman. The police then carried out developments and arrested YD (17) as the boyfriend or person who impregnated NR. Salman revealed that initially the suspect NUR found out that his child was pregnant in August 2022. He then went to the SS midwife in the Mandonga Village area to ask for help with an abortion in his child's womb. "In August, NUR went to the SS midwife, who asked for an abortion but was rejected by the SS midwife. Then in early September 2022, the mother of NR returned to the SS midwife, but was again rejected by the SS midwife," Salman explained. To the police, the SS midwife at that time suggested that the NUR suspect take his son to the hospital and coordinate with the doctor. "Then next week, he again talked to the SS midwife about her broken home family, after that the SS midwife agreed at a cost of Rp. 5 million," he said. In carrying out the abortion, the SS midwife was assisted by the WA midwife. According to the SS midwife's statement, the baby was born normally, but has died. The autopsy results of Bhayangkara Hospital stated that the baby who was born from NR was seven months old. Meanwhile, NR's girlfriend, with the initials YD, also tried to abort NR's pregnancy in April and May 2022 by buying medicine or herbal medicine, but to no avail. From this case of minor abortion, the police named six people as suspects. For suspects SS, WA, NUR, NR, and AS were charged with Article 194 of the Health Law with a penalty of 10 years in prison. Meanwhile, the suspect YD, who impregnated NR outside of marriage, was charged with Article 81 of the Child Protection Act, which carries a 15-year prison sentence.