KPAI Lauds Police For Appropriately Handling JIS Case

Jakarta, July 16 (Antara) - The Indonesian Commission for Child Protection (KPAI) has appreciated the national police for effectively handling the sexual assault case at the Jakarta International School (JIS). "We convey our appreciation to the police for tackling sexual assault cases at the JIS and other places. We see some progress," KPAI Chairman Asrorum Niam Sholeh remarked at the police headquarters here on Tuesday. Sholeh was pleased that the police were finally able to find adequate evidences to name two JIS staffers as suspects. "We will continue to coordinate to ensure that the legal process will run fairly. Despite pressures, we hope the police will continue to work professionally, and the National Police Chief will pay special attention to it," he emphasized. Sholeh stated that he had discussed with the National Police regarding planned revision of law on child protection to strengthen measures against sexual abuse. The existing law was not strong enough to deter sexual criminals, he pointed out. The Jakarta Police has arrested two teachers identified by the initials NB and FT of the JIS in connection with a sexual assault case involving a kindergarten pupil. "We have decided to detain the two suspects," spokesman of the Jakarta Police Senior Commissioner Rikwanto stated in short text message received here on Tuesday. The police had grilled the two suspects and obtained adequate evidence to detain them, he reported. NB, a Canadian national, and FT, an Indonesian citizen, were named suspects on July 10, 2014. "There was a statement of a witness saying that a pupil had seen the victim being assaulted. We also have the post mortem result and more than two other evidences," Rikwanto added. The police have continued the investigation, and there might be another suspect, he stated. The Jakarta Police had earlier named other suspects identified as Agun, Awan, Zainal, Syahrial, and a woman with the initials AS. Another suspect named Azwar had committed suicide in police custody. The suspects were outsourced janitors of the school. They allegedly sexually abused AK, a six-year-old boy, in a toilet of the school, he pointed out. In addition to the AK case, the Jakarta police had also received another report of a sexual assault involving a kindergarten student identified as DA at the school.