Teacher Of Obscene Elementary School Students In Cirebon Arrested By Police, Had Evaluated But Was Submitted Evidence Of WA Chat

The suspect of sexual abuse with teacher status was shown to him in Cirebon, West Java, Wednesday (5/7/2023). (ANTARA/Khaerul Izan)

CIREBON - Cirebon City Resort Police (Polres), West Java, arrested a teacher who molested his students in elementary school.

"The teacher we arrested had the initials TH (26"), and the suspect was the victim's teacher," said Cirebon City Police Chief AKBP Arik Indra Sentanu as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 5.

As a result of his actions, the teacher who is married is threatened with a maximum imprisonment of 15 years in prison for violating Article 82 paragraphs 1 and 2 of Law No. 17 of 2016 concerning child protection.

Arik said the elementary school teacher carried out his depraved act on May 25, 2023, at one of the inns located in Kedawung District, Cirebon Regency.

According to him, on that day, the suspect invited the victim to meet in one of the places via WhatsApp messages.

Furthermore, Arik said, the suspect took him to one of the inns and carried out his obscene acts against the victim during the day, the suspect also threatened not to let anyone know.

"After the incident, the victim returned home but, the victim's mother was suspicious because the victim was silent after arriving home, until finally admitting that her teacher had committed obscene acts," he said.

The suspect had dodged his actions. But after the officers showed a number of evidences, such as CCTV footage, chat of the perpetrator and the victim, as well as the results of the post-mortem, the suspect just admitted his actions.

"The suspect evaded, but after we showed some evidence, the suspect immediately admitted it," he said.

The suspect was arrested after officers had a number of strong evidences.