Hussein Hashim, an Iraqi asylum seeker in Indonesia, is being deported after he sexually harassed two Indonesian women in Kalibata City Apartments, Pancoran, South Jakarta.
The first incident occurred on Monday evening. Hussein tried to hug and kiss the first victim while they were alone in an elevator. The victim, a 19-year-old university student, pushed Hussein away and escaped from the elevator. When she reported the incident to authorities, Hussein had already escaped.
The second incident happened on Wednesday evening, when Hussein grabbed a female tenant’s buttocks. The woman reported Hussein to the security guards, who managed to capture Hussein after a foot chase.
Hussein was then taken to Jakarta Police Headquarters. Instead of charging Hussein for sexual harassment, the police decided to dish out what they thought was a harsher punishment for an asylum seeker.
“We asked that he be deported last night, we’ve handed him over to the Immigration Office,” said Krishna Murti, director of the Public Crimes Investigation Unit at the Jakarta Police, as quoted by Detik today.
“Deportation is harsher [than criminal punishment]. The investigation into a sexual harassment case can take a long time, and he won’t be kept in custody if there’s not enough evidence. So we sent him to Immigration to be deported.”
