Over the past week, two disturbing videos allegedly showing statutory rape by an adult woman on two elementary school boys went viral on social media in Indonesia, prompting a widely publicized investigation by the police.
According to media reports, one of the videos shows the woman having sex with an underage boy, while the other shows her having sex with the same boy as well as another boy.
Sundanese — the native language for the majority of West Javans — was spoken in both videos, prompting the West Java Police to take the lead in the investigation. Today, they announced their initial findings of their investigation of the videos, which they believe were taken just a couple of months ago in the West Java capital city of Bandung.
“We predict (they were shot) in November. Certainly (the videos) were not made in December,” said West Java Police Chief Inspector General Agung Budi Maryoto, as quoted by Detik today.
The identities of the people in the videos have not yet been identified, but the police have located the two hotels in which the videos were shot and have questioned their employees.
“Usually people checking in (to hotels) leave their KTP IDs. We will look into it,” Agung said.
Though there have been no arrests so far, it’s likely that the woman, or any other adults who may have been involved in the production of the videos, would be charged with sexual abuse of minors under Indonesia’s child protection laws, which is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. They could also possibly be charged with as violation of Indonesia’s strict anti-pornography laws.
The police have not identified who originally posted the videos online. We hope nobody would download or continue sharing the videos on moral grounds, but if anybody needs convincing, the IT Ministry reminded the public that the simple act of sharing the videos online is a violation of the Information and Electronic Transactions Act (UU ITE) and is punishable by up to four years’ imprisonment.
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