Man in West Jakarta allegedly assaults wife because he couldn’t wait for his salted fish

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A man in his 20s allegedly assaulted his wife out of impatience, all because the victim couldn’t finish frying ikan asin, or salted fish, any sooner. 

The woman, identified as 36-year-old FK, tried to record the assault with her phone’s camera, but it was snatched and thrown away by her husband, identified as a man in his early 20s by the initials RJ.

RJ reportedly became upset and impatient when the ikan asin was not ready when he asked FK for his meal. 

FK then filed a report against RJ on Saturday. Cengkareng sub-precinct chief Khoiri said that FK arrived at the police station with bruises on her face and body, allegedly from being hit with blunt objects. To the police, FK said her hair had been pulled and that she was slammed and clawed by her husband. Aside from the visible bruises, FK also said she felt pain on her stomach from the assault.

“The suspect said he was upset because he felt that [FK] didn’t take him seriously as her husband. He‘s allegedly temperamental and often abuses his wife,” Khoiri said yesterday.

The couple has been married for four years. 

RJ has since been named as a suspect in the case and charged with articles under Indonesia’s Criminal Code (KUHP) on assault, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

In early June, the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) noted that domestic violence against women has spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a survey that collected results from 2,285 respondents from April-May. At least 80 percent female respondents in the group of income below IDR5 million (US$337.80) per month said that the abuse they experienced tend to increase during the pandemic, mostly in the form of psychological and economic abuse. 

Dr Rini Sugiarti, the dean of Semarang University’s Faculty of Psychology, said that the increase of domestic violence amid the COVID-19 pandemic is influenced by a number of factors, including the household’s financial situation and the friction caused by longer time spent together between spouses.

 

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