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he East Jakarta Police arrested a 40-year-old man on Thursday for alleged sexual abuse of his daughter, who lives with him in a rented house.
The alleged act was reported on Wednesday by a neighbor, who was suspicious of the victim’s strange way of walking. The child also complained of pain.
After receiving conflicting answers from the child about why she felt the pain, the neighbor took the child to her home to ask once again what the reason was. “The girl finally admitted that she had been sexually abused by her own father,” the neighbor said, as quoted by tribunnews.com.
The girl said she had been abused seven times by her father in their house. The suspect reportedly admitted to the act but claimed he had only committed it four times.
According to the neighbor’s report, the mother had been away from the family for two months.
The suspect was arrested on a riverbank while he was working to clean the river.
East Jakarta Police crime unit head Adj. Sr. Comr. Sapta Maulana said the suspect was detained at the East Jakarta Police headquarters, while the victim was undergoing a medical examination.(vny)
