Dozens Of Students At The Sumbawa Region Ponpes NTB Allegedly Victims Of Harassment, Police Intervene

Illustration - child sexual harassment. (ANTARA/Andre Angkawijaya)

MATARAM - Sumbawa Resort Police, West Nusa Tenggara, is investigating a case of alleged harassment of dozens of female students from a boarding school in the Labangka area. "Regarding the case (harassment of female students), we are still investigating," said Sumbawa Police Chief AKBP Heru Muslimin by telephone quoted from Antara, Monday, June 5. In the process of deepening the case, investigators from the Satreskrim Polres Sumbawa carried out a series of data collection and information materials by requesting clarification from a number of parties who knew and were involved in the alleged case. Regarding who is included in the series of requests for clarification from the police, Heru chose not to disclose it to the public. "What is clear is that we have examined several witnesses," he said. The head of the Mataram Child Protection Agency (LPA) Joko Jumadi also said that his party was paying attention to the alleged harassment case that appeared in Sumbawa Regency. "Friends from the LPA (Child Protection Agency) in Sumbawa have provided assistance to the victims. We (Mataram) also continue to provide special attention," said Joko. Joko also said that in the alleged harassment case there were 29 victims from among female students. "That's preliminary information from the LPA in Sumbawa," he said. However, 27 of the 29 victims were willing to be witnesses in the case. Joko confirmed that the 27 victims had given statements to the police. "Indeed, there were 29 victims, but only 27 people have come to the Sumbawa Police investigators to testify," he said.

Joko explained that this mode of harassment occurred when female students kissed the hands of an individual from the boarding school. It was also suspected that this condition was deliberately used by these individuals by touching the victim's chest. "So, the mode is only to feel the chest, not to other activities, but that also includes harassment," said Joko.