Dad arrested in the rape, death of 11-year-old daughter (Jakarta, Indonesia)

If Dad--who is mysteriously referred to "Suspect S"--has admitted that he raped the girl, why is he still "a suspect"? Oh wait, they screwed up the headline. They did arrest him. Phew, that's a relief. Get this sick bastard out of society now. 

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/01/19/police-name-father-a-suspect-late-daughter-s-rape-case.html

Police name father a suspect in late daughter’s rape case

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Jakarta | Sat, January 19 2013, 10:35 AM

The Jakarta Police have named the biological father of an 11-year-old girl, who died earlier this month after allegedly being sexually abused, a suspect in the case.

Weeks after the girl, identified as RI, was first admitted to Persahabatan Hospital after falling into a coma. Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Putut Eko Bayuseno announced on Friday that they had arrested a 55-year-old man, identified only by his initial S, for the alleged separate rapes in October.

“Suspect S admitted his crime during interrogation with police officers,” Putut told reporters at Jakarta Police headquarters in Central Jakarta.

The suspect will be charged under the 2002 Child Protection Law and could face up to 15 years in jail if convicted.

The announcement came a day after detectives held a reenactment of the case. The reenactment, a formal part of criminal investigations, was conducted behind closed doors at the victim’s home in Pulogebang, East Jakarta.

The police chief said the alleged rapes occurred on Oct. 16 and 19 in their house while S’ wife was being treated for cancer at a hospital.

During the first rape, the suspect allegedly held the victim down to subdue her. In the second rape on Oct. 19, the suspect allegedly committed rectal rape.

The victim’s autopsy also revealed injuries that had been caused by a blunt object in the vagina and rectum. A medical report also stated that the suspect suffered from a sexually transmitted disease, which he had passed on to the victim.

Putut added that the suspect’s wife confirmed he had a preference for anal sex.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said police were investigating whether there was any other suspects in the case, pending a further autopsy report from a team of doctors at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital.

The victim’s uncle, Bihin, said he had heard from the family that the girl’s father had admitted his wrongdoing to investigators.

“He has confessed; therefore, he must now be put in jail,” Bihin said as quoted by tempo.co. He added that S confessed in front of his wife and their oldest son, both of whom were visibly shaken by the admission.

“They had never imagined it. His son almost hit him,” he said.

East Jakarta Police’s Women and Children’s Protection Unit (UPPA) questioned 19 witnesses in the case. Two of the witnesses were closely linked to the victim and had originally been suspected of being the perpetrators.

The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) said it had prepared counseling sessions for the victim’s family, as the alleged perpetrator of the abuse was a close family member.

RI was the youngest of six children in the family who lived in a scavengers’ slum area. The girl was taken to a community health center in Bekasi, east of Jakarta, on Nov. 27 and was diagnosed with a lymph node problem after complaining of pain in her armpit. She continued to complain of other pains, and different doctors diagnosed her with other illnesses, such as typhoid fever and a stomach ulcer, before she was admitted to Persahabatan Hospital on Dec. 29.

She remained in critical condition thereafter and finally passed away on Jan. 6, allegedly due to inflammation of the brain. It remains unclear whether the inflammation was caused by her injuries. (nad)