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Three witnesses participate in reenactment of Engeline's torture
The Bali Policeâs Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (Inafis) unit, with support from the National Police headquarters, presented three witnesses in the reenactment of an alleged child abandonment case affecting Engeline Margret Megawe, 8, on Monday
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he Bali Police's Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (Inafis) unit, with support from the National Police headquarters, presented three witnesses in the reenactment of an alleged child abandonment case affecting Engeline Margret Megawe, 8, on Monday.
Antara reported that the three witnesses, identified only as Frencky, Juliet and Laurent, arrived at the victim's house on Jl. Sedap Malam No. 26, Denpasar, at around 10 a.m. local time. The police's identification team arrived at the site five minutes later.
An official from the Denpasar-chapter Integrated Service Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children (P2TP2A), Siti Sapurah, accompanied the three witnesses during the re-enactment process. At around 11:15 a.m. local time, the three witnesses completed the reenactment process. 'In total, we conducted 11 scenes,' Siti said
One of the witnesses, Frencky, said he took part in 10 scenes illustrating the ways in which Engeline's adoptive mother, Margriet Megawe, allegedly tortured the victim. Some of the scenes were held in a room upstairs, others were held near the chicken coop in Margriet's backyard.
'In the third scene, she [Margriet] showed how she beat the victim with [a piece of] bamboo. The real incident occurred at the beginning of March,' said Frencky.
He said Margriet tortured Engeline by beating her, pulling her hair and dragging her.
The three witnesses, who are all from Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, had lived at Margriet's house from December 2014 to March 2015.
After the reenactment, the three witnesses accompanied by the P2TP2A associate, Siti, visited the Bali Police headquarters to undergo a second interrogation to complete their police investigation documents.
The body of 8-year-old girl Engeline was found buried in the backyard of her family's house in Denpasar, Bali, on May 10. The police named Margriet as a suspect in the case surrounding her adopted child. (ebf)
