Having Peaceed With My Family As Long As Responsibility, Children'sbularies In Purbalingga In Factframe To Kalimantan

Suspects of child molestation in Purbalingga, Central Java/ Photo: Central Java Police Doc

PURBALINGGA - Satreskrim Polres Purbalingga managed to secure the suspect of an immoral crime with the initials KAF (20), a resident of Bojongsari District, Purbalingga Regency. The suspect, who had fled to Kalimantan Island, was finally arrested by the police to account for his actions.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the PurbaIningga Police, AKP Suyanto, explained that the case of sexual intercourse with the child occurred in February 2022, the victim was a 14-year-old girl.

"The suspect's mode is by persuasion to have sexual intercourse with underage girls, causing the victim to become pregnant," explained Head of Criminal Investigation Unit accompanied by Head of Public Relations Iptu Imam Saefudin in a written statement, Monday, February 13.

It was stated that when the victim was found to be pregnant, an effort had actually been made to resolve the victim's family with the perpetrator and his family. The perpetrator is willing to take responsibility and will marry the victim.

"But over time, the perpetrator went to Kalimantan. Because it was deemed not to be held accountable, the victim's family then reported the incident to the police in October 2022," he said.

Furthermore, it was conveyed that based on the victim's family report, the police then followed up with an investigation. There have been attempts to summon the perpetrator three times, but there was no response so that a wanted list (DPO) was issued.

"The results of the investigation revealed that the perpetrator was in Tanah Bumbu Regency, South Kalimantan Province. The team from the Purbalingga Police coordinated with the police there to finally manage to secure the perpetrators on Sunday, February 5, 2023," he said.

The evidence that was secured included the clothes worn by the perpetrator at the time of the incident, the clothes worn by the victim at the time of the incident and a silver Oppo brand mobile phone.

The Head of Criminal Investigation Unit added that the suspect was subject to Article 81 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 17 of 2016 concerning the Determination of Perpu Number 1 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection. With the threat of a minimum sentence of 5 years in prison and a maximum of 15 years in prison.