Elementary School Boy Who Escaped From Home Turned Out To Be An Adopted Child, Scolded By His Family For Being Late At School

JAKARTA - A boy named Bahtiar Ilham Pratama (12) who was missing for two weeks, is still being searched by the police. Several witnesses have also been questioned. Pasar Minggu Police Chief, Kompol Rusit Malaka said that his party plans to conduct an examination of his biological parents who are in his hometown.

"Still the parents of the lift (checked) are planning the village of their original parents to come from the village. We will also check," Rusit said in a short message, Thursday, May 25.

The police distributed information to the public by creating a wanted list (DPO) on behalf of Bahtiar Ilham Pratama to assist the search process.

"There has been a report and a DPO has been made," he said

Rusit said that this DPO information had been distributed to all police personnel, Bhabinkamtibmas and local residents to help find the child.

As for Bahtiar's characteristics, namely maturated sawo skin, the last time he left the house was wearing a red shirt, black pants, black hat and white stripes blue sandals.

Bahtiar, who is also a Class VI student at SDN 011 Pejaten Timur, lives on Jalan Masjid Al Makmur, East Pejaten, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta.

Based on the information gathered, the child has left the house since Tuesday, May 9, so that it has been two weeks since he was reported that he has not returned home. The family has reported Bahtiar's disappearance to the Pasar Minggu Police.

Rusit added that Bahtiar left the house after being scolded for being late to return home after school.

"The information came home from school late, at home he was scolded. Then he left the house until now," he said.

The report is registered with number 068/B/V/2023/Pasar Minggu Police, dated May 11, 2023.