221 Cases of Crime against Children Happened in South Jakarta

The case of crime against children happened in the capital city is quite high. It is recorded that since 2011-2013, 185 cases were handled by South Jakarta Resort Police. Those cases include physical violence until sexual harassment.

Violence against children is caused by multi-factor, like economic, family, social pressure, emotional, et cetera

“185 violence cases had happened to children, in which 67 cases involved physical violence and the rest 118 cases were sexual harassment. While in 2013-April 2014, there were 36 cases,” stated South Jakarta Resort Police Chief Sr. Comr. Wahyu Hadiningrat on the sidelines of a Workshop on Prevention of Sexual Violence to Children in the presence of kindergarten-elementary school teachers at State Vocational School (SMKN) 57, South Jakarta, Wednesday (5/7).

Moreover, Hadiningrat told that to minimize criminal acts and sexual harassment against children, preventive ways are needed.

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“Through this forum, we invite the people to find tips or solutions to prevent physical and psychological violence to children. If we knew it already, the children would be protected and crime rate would drop drastically,” he uttered.

According to South Jakarta Mayor, Syamsudin Noor, this workshop is held as form of concern to the sustainability of Indonesian children. That is the discussion was focused on violence prevention efforts.

“Violence against children is caused by multi-factor, like economic, family, social pressure, emotional, et cetera,” he said.