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Depok Police deploy 20 officers in hunt for fugitive accused of sexual abuse
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Activists protest in front of the House of Representatives to demand the government pass a sexual abuse bill into law that does not stipulate castration and capital punishment.
(TRIBUNNEWS/Iwan Rismawan)
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epok Police in West Java have deployed 20 personnel to hunt a man accused of sexual abuse, who has been on the run for the past week.
Depok Police spokesman Adj. Comr. Firdaus said on Monday that the man, identified as Hasan, had fled the police headquarters on March 27, a day after local residents handed him over, as reported by tempo.co.
(Read also: Teenager in Bekasi lived with her alleged abusers)
Hasan had yet to be questioned by the police, therefore, his status is currently that of a witness.
“He was not handcuffed at the time,” Firdaus said, adding that Hasan had been placed in a room in the women and children’s protection unit. He had reportedly suffered injuries at the time the local people handed him in to the police. (van)
