inp.polri.go.id - Banjarbaru. The police managed to arrest a teenager with the initials MNI, a resident of Liang Anggang District, Banjarbaru City. MNI is suspected of committing indecent acts against a minor.
Liang Anggang Sector Police Chief, Police Senior Inspector Imam Suryana, revealed that the perpetrator was arrested at around 22.00 WITA at a house on Suka Maju street, Landasan Ulin Village, Liang Anggang District.
"The incident began when the reporter, with the initials D, had just finished performing the Isha prayer and was looking for her daughter, NAA (16)," Imam says on Thursday (4/17/2025).
After searching the room and around the house, D was unable to find NAA. The reporter then checked the CCTV footage and saw her child leaving the house being picked up by someone.
"D then received information that her child was in a house in the Liang Anggang area. That's where the perpetrator allegedly seduced the victim and committed indecent acts by touching sensitive parts of her body," he explained.
After finding out the victim's location, D immediately contacted the police. Together with the authorities, they went to the location and secured the perpetrator and the victim to the police station.
"After an investigation, it was proven that the victim had been molested by the perpetrator," he said.
The evidence that was secured included one pair of underwear, one bra, one brown pajama, one mobile phone, and one motor vehicle.
Furthermore, he explained that the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim was only friendship. The two communicated via mobile phone, until finally the perpetrator invited the victim to his house.
The perpetrator was charged with Article 81 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection, which regulates acts of sexual intercourse with minors with a minimum criminal penalty of 5 years and a maximum of 15 years in prison, as well as a maximum fine of IDR 5 billion.
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