A 13-year-old girl reported missing on Thursday from Karangasem, East Bali was found, alive, in Banyuwangi, East Java on Saturday.
Identified as MLS from Kubu, it is understood that the middle school student was found at a hotel with 36-year-old man Legiono, alias Sugik.
According to Kubu Police Chief I Gede Sukadana, police tracked down the address of Sugik, the “perp” of the girl’s kidnapping, from Bali Police’s cyber crimes unit.
But this case apparently has a twisted emotional element.
“The victim and the perpetrator had a love affair,” Sukadana explained, as quoted by Tribun Bali.
Authorities are waiting for a medical exam to confirm whether or not the two had intercourse.
Sugik could be charged under child protection laws that carry a minimum of five years and maximum of 15 years prison, reports say.
