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View all search resultsProsecutors demand counseling for girl accused of killing her mother
Head of the intelligence section at Medan Prosecutor’s Office, Valentino Harry Manurung, said the demand for eight months of counseling was submitted by prosecutors to the panel of judges during a closed trial on May 26.
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rosecutors from the Medan Prosecutor’s Office in North Sumatra demanded during a trial at the Medan District Court an eight-month counselling session for a 12-year-old girl accused of killing her own mother
Head of the intelligence section at Medan Prosecutor’s Office, Valentino Harry Manurung, said the demand for eight months of counseling was submitted by prosecutors to the panel of judges during a closed trial on May 26.
He said the demand was in line with Article 458 (2) of the 2023 Criminal Code (KUHP) and Law No. 11/2012 on the juvenile justice system.
Valentino said the girl was categorized as underage, adding that children under 14 years of age cannot be sentenced to imprisonment, as regulated by Article 113 (3) of the Criminal Code, hence the sentence demand in the form of counseling.
“The demand of eight months for [the defendant] is not in jail but treatment in the form of counseling and psychological intervention,” Valentino told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
The girl has not been detained in prison was but has been in the custody of the Women and Children Protection management unit (UPTD) of the North Sumatra Women’s Empowerment, Children Protection and Family Planning Agency. During her custody she has received suitable education and nutrition.
“She has received education while in custody, just like any other schoolchild,” Valentino said.
