警察、クラスメートへのいじめで殺害されたスカブミの小学生を発掘

Sukabumi City Police conducted an exhumation or dug a grave to remove the body of MH (9) a student at one of the SD Negeri Sukabumi Regency, West Java, who died as a result of bullying by a senior.

"This exhumation is for an autopsy on the victim's body so that the cause of death can be revealed," said Sukabumi City Police Chief AKBP Ari Setyawan Wibiowo as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 30.

Contacted separately, the Head of Public Relations of the Sukabumi City Police, Iptu Astuti Setyaningsih, said that the exhumahi was carried out on Wednesday (31/5).

According to him, the implementation of this exhumation has received approval from the victim's family and also gave permission to the police to conduct an autopsy on MH's body.

This activity is part of an investigation by the Sukabumi City Police Investigation and Criminal Unit (Satreskrim) which aims to uncover and determine the cause of the death of the 2nd grade elementary school student.

The implementation of the exhumation and autopsy, he said, was to provide justice to the families of the victims, especially since MH's death was allegedly unnatural because before he died there were allegations that the victim had suffered physical abuse.

Until now, said Astuti, investigators from the Sukabumi City Police Satreskrim have asked for statements from 20 witnesses who are families, fellow victims, schools, the Sukabumi Regency Education Office, health centers, and hospitals.

"We hope that this effort can reveal the cause of MH's death. In disclosing this case, the Sukabumi City Police are working according to procedures and professionals," he said.

As previously reported, a grade 2 student who attended a public elementary school in Sukaraja District, Sukabumi Regency died after undergoing medical treatment at the hospital. According to information before he died, the victim was abused by a senior and a schoolmate.

The bullying allegedly took place in the school environment. The victim was abused for 2 days. Before he died, MH admitted to his parents that he had shortness of breath and pain in the head and chest.