JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Semarang Police have named a 22-year-old college student a murder suspect in relation to the death of a 16-year-old girl, the daughter of Papua Highlands acting governor Nikolaus Kondomo, on Thursday (May 18).
Semarang Police chief Sr. Comr. Irwan Anwar said the suspect had been detained for questioning.
The girl died at St. Elisabeth Hospital in Semarang, Central Java, after having convulsions in a room rented by the suspect in a rooming house for the night on Jl. Pawiyatan Luhur.
Irwan said the girl and the man had only known each other for two weeks after chatting on Instagram. They had met each other for the first time on the day of the incident.
Police said a bottle of alcoholic beverage was found in the rented room. Nine other witnesses, who stayed in other rooms on the property, had also been questioned.
Irwan said that according to the suspect’s statements, they met, drank alcoholic beverages and had sexual intercourse prior to the incident.
The police are still waiting for further microbiology, pathology and toxicology reports, Irwan said.
He said the suspect was charged with violating Article 81 of the 2014 Child Protection Law on the sexual abuse of children and Article 338 of the Criminal Code on murder, and is facing at least five years in prison and a maximum of 15 years.
