Three International School Employees Arrested for Alleged Child Abuse
Jakarta. Three employees of an international school in Cilandak, South Jakarta were arrested on allegations of child sexual abuse, police said on Monday.
The arrests were made after a six-year-old kindergarden student's parents observed changes in the boys behavior and reported their suspicions to the police in March. On April 1, the child, who had recently suffered from a high fever, was diagnosed with a herpes infection, his mother said. She also said she noticed a bruise on his abdomen.
"We're afraid that there could be more than one victim," said Andi M. Asrun, the family's attorney. "This is to let the public know that there could be other victims. The victim is experiencing an extraordinary trauma. The school is actually helping but we want more than that. We want it to be more transparent."
The family and the police have not yet said which school was involved and the school has not yet released a statement.
The three suspects, two male, with the initials A.G. and V.I., and one female, with the initials A.F. were employed cleaning the school. The female suspect was released due to lack of evidence; the male suspects were detained. The boy's mother said she would press charges.
The latest report by the capital's women and children's empowerment integrated service centers, or P2TP2A, showed a 40 percent increase between 2012 and 2013 in reported instances of violence against women and children — a figure that might have been influenced by efforts to make reporting easier, such as sexual violence website kekerasanseksual.komnasperempuan.or.id, created by the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) to help authorities protect victims and bring perpetrators to justice. Such cases remain likely to go unreported.
The data also showed that East Jakarta recorded the highest number of cases (31 percent), followed by Central Jakarta (18 percent), West Jakarta (15 percent), North Jakarta (15 percent) and the Thousand Islands district (7 percent).
Margaretha Hanita, chairwoman of the P2TP2A, said the number of women and children who were victims of violence has continued to rise, with the figure of reported cases reaching 468 last year, up from 325 reported cases in 2012 and 251 in 2011.
She based her data on reports filed with the Jakarta Police and on the number of victims who sought protection from P2TP2A centers.
"The victims experienced various forms of violence," she said in February. "But most of the cases were sexual violence against minors. Violence against minors was not only committed by strangers, but also by people from within their trusted circles, such as uncles, step-fathers and other family members."
She said that the government should devote attention to the problem, given the high rate of violence against children, but also that it needed to ensure that all stakeholders, such as the city's health office, social affairs office, women's and children's NGOs and law enforcement agencies, were working together to address the issue.
"As long as the problem is handled partially and non-integrally, children will never be free from the risks of violence," she said.
The P2TP2A, she said, offers counseling and legal aid for victims of violence to help them recover from psychological trauma. It also offers medical services and safe houses.
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