Reinvestigate Assault

Police have opened an investigation into a emotional assault case after …

Univ is the school of both alleged victim and perpetrator.

An official at uni reported the case to the police against the victim’s wishes.  


Who goes by the pseudonym A (yang untuk selanjutnya disamarkan sebagai ) ..

The victim had been summoned by the police (dipanggil)

And had undergone 12 hours of questioning.

She underwent the questioning at Crisis Center – not at the police station – to take account her psychological comfort. (menjaga, menimbang).

At the time of grilling, she was under pressure and very tired.

Because she was questioned for 12 hours.

She did not scream because

She was afraid other people in the house would blame her.



This fact would be enough to prove that he had attempted rape as stipulated in article xxx of the criminal code (KUHP) and indecent conduct in article …(tak senonoh)

She has turned her back on him and

She pretended to be sleeping.

Hoping he would stop touching her.

She finally yelled (berteriak) at him after ..

She felt pain as the result of his action.

He stopped his alleged assault after she yelled.

He denied  he had forced her to do anything against her will.

Although he acknowledged physical contact.

They kissed and did other stuff, but

There was no element of force or threat. (tidak ada unsur paksaan dan ancaman).

The physical contact took place while both people were aware.

The slept in the same room, and the women went to his place, and the place is not her place.

He asked univ to let him graduate in February because

The alleged crime did not have anything to do with academic matters.

She did not want to pursue any legal avenues because

She was afraid the law would not protect her.

Arif reported the case to police on dec. 9.

She was surprised to learn that …univ had reported the case to the police without consulting her first. (terlebih dahulu)



She was of the opinion that legal proceedings would be counterproductive to what he sought – justice and maximum protection.

This legal system, from ….is notorious for victim blaming.

They often received unsympathetic questions from investigators, including with regard to …

With regard to whether the perpetrator moved their body left and right or up and down during the assault?

The judges also asked about the color of her undergarments on the day of the assault.
The court sentenced the perpetrator 18 month imprisonment

But the legal process made the victim bear what law experts called doubled victimization.

The structure and content of laws remained biased in favor of perpetrators,

The law still sees rape and assault within the context of immorality not as a crime against the body and soul.