Mother Of Child Abuse In Malang Arrested, Victims Burned By Cigarettes Until Beaten If Selling Macaroni Doesn't Sell

Malang Deputy Chief Of Police Commissioner Wisnu S Kuncoro (right)/ANTARA HO

Malang Police arrested a 33-year-old mother with the initials RW who is suspected of frequently molesting her two biological children with the initials AS (14) and AE (4). Malang Police Deputy Chief Kompol Wisnu S Kuncoro said the police also arrested a man with the initials RB (37) who allegedly participated in the persecution. "The perpetrators carried out persecution by attaching cigarettes to the victim. According to him, the persecution was revealed after the victim AS who was trading the mobile macroni met his grandfather on May 10, 2023. The US then told all the acts of violence he experienced to his grandfather. The grandfather, he continued, then contacted the US biological father and reported the incident to the Malang Police. Officers who received the report immediately took the victim to the hospital for a post-mortem. "After receiving the report, the officers then immediately moved and made arrests of the perpetrators," he said. The suspect RW separated from her husband since 2022. Starting at that time, their two biological children lived together in a rented house in Watugude Village, Singosari District, Malang Regency.

RW then became acquainted with RB and decided to stay together in a rented house with two RW children since October 2022. Since then, RW has ordered his son to sell mobile Makaroni to increase income. "If the sale does not run out, then the victim will receive punishment from RW and RB, namely by delaying cigarettes on both hands and feet. In addition, he has also committed violence in hitting the victim using iron and electric wires," he said. Wisnu said, the condition of the two victims is currently still under psychological assistance from the Malang Police Medical team. Both are safe and are now cared for by the family of the victim's biological father. Both were charged with Article 44 paragraph (1) and (2) Law No. 23 of 2004 concerning the Elimination of Domestic Violence, as well as articles 80 paragraph (1) and (2) Jo Article 76C Law No. 35 of 2014 concerning amendments to Law No. 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection. Perpetrators face a maximum prison sentence of ten years.