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Family of bullied Gunadarma student calls for tough action
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Gunadarma University has confirmed that a video showing an autistic student being bullied by other students at its Depok campus in West Java was authentic. (Shutterstock/-)
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he family of a 19-year-old student at a private university, whose bullying was captured in a recent video that went viral, has demanded that the university take action against the perpetrators. The victimized student is autistic.
The student's father, Mansur, 67, said that he would file a police report if Gunadarma University failed to take measures against those involved in the bullying incident.
"Insya Allah [God willing], we will file a police report," he said at his house in Ciganjur, South Jakarta, on Tuesday, as quoted by kompas.com.
The bullying had been taking place for around a year, said the student's mother, Elis Sukarsih, 57, since her son enrolled at the Information and Technology Department at Gunadarma University in Depok, West Java. She said that her son had opened up to his family about the problem only after the video went viral.
"He's mocked, taunted and his bag and laptop were taken away from him," Mansur added.
Mansur said that the perpetrators had even knocked over his son’s motorcycle in the campus parking lot.
The campus administration has investigated the bullying incident, including soliciting information from the three perpetrators, identified only by their initials AA, PDP and YLL. All three are classmates of their victim.
Two of the perpetrators have met with their victim to apologize, but Mansur said that Gunadarma administrators needed to take action against them.
Gunadarma deputy rector Irwan Bastian said that the university needed time to gather more information before deciding on any punishment against students involved in the incident. (fac)
