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Greater Jakarta: Father reported for confining son
The Indonesian Commission on Child Protection (KPAI) and the North Jakarta Police took a 10-year-old boy from his father on Friday after his mother, identified as AF, reported the father for confinement
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he Indonesian Commission on Child Protection (KPAI) and the North Jakarta Police took a 10-year-old boy from his father on Friday after his mother, identified as AF, reported the father for confinement.
Based on her report, the father was not only keeping the boy inside the house, but also did not allow him to eat and go to school for five days, KPAI secretary-general Erlinda said as quoted by wartakotalive.com on Saturday.
Erlinda added that the parents were involved in a child custody conflict.
'We need to conduct further psychology and health examinations to know whether the father has committed violence,' she said, adding that the father had once been clinically proven to suffer from a mental disorder.
The boy is currently staying at Safe House, the KPAI's shelter for children who are in need of protection.
Meanwhile, the North Jakarta Police chief, Sr. Comr. Susetio Cahyadi Susetio, said that the police would investigate further to uncover the father's motive.
