inp.polri.go.id - Central Jakarta. The police revealed the motive of suspect MAES (36), a doctor from Indonesian University (UI), who committed the crime of pornography by recording his victim, SSS (22) through the ventilation.
Central Jakarta Sub-regional Police Criminal Investigation Unit Chief, Superintendent Muhammad Firdaus says that they lived in adjacent rooms in one of the boarding houses in the Percetakan Negara VI area, Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta. The recording incident itself occurred on Tuesday (4/15/2025) at around 18.12 WIB.
"The victim felt suspicious and realized that someone was recording her while taking a shower. At that time, the victim immediately reported the incident to her friends and managed to secure the perpetrator and hand him over to police along with evidence," said Firdaus on Monday (4/21/2025).
From the results of the investigation, he said, it was discovered that the perpetrator deliberately climbed onto the ceiling and used the gap in the bathroom air vent to record the victim who had just finished taking a shower. The 8-second recording was made using the perpetrator's cellphone.
"MAES was doing it for fun. He admitted that this was the first time he had done this, and the video was for personal consumption, there was no intention to leak it to the others," explained Firdaus.
For his actions, the perpetrator was charged with Article 4 Jo. Article 29 and Article 9 Jo. Article 35 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 44 of 2008 concerning Pornography, with a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison.
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