Police to Forcefully Detain Lampung Official's Daughter Suspected of Assaulting Partner
Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Police in Bandung, Indonesia, plan to forcibly bring in a suspect accused of assaulting her partner.
- The suspect is the daughter of a regional official in Lampung province.
- She failed to appear for her first police summons and is expected to be summoned again.
Bandung Police are prepared to use force to apprehend a suspect in a domestic assault case if she continues to be uncooperative. The suspect, identified as the daughter of a regional official in Lampung province, failed to appear for her initial police summons regarding the alleged assault of her partner in Bandung.
"As per the summons we issued to the suspect for examination today, she did not appear to meet the investigators' call," stated the Head of the Bandung Police Criminal Investigation Unit, AKBP Anton, on Tuesday. The police intend to issue a second summons, likely within the first or second week of the month.
As per the summons we issued to the suspect for examination today, she did not appear to meet the investigators' call.
Anton explained that if the suspect again fails to appear for the second summons, police will proceed with "compulsory measures" to bring her in for questioning. The police plan to release the full case chronology during a press briefing. Current information suggests the suspect has returned to her hometown in Lampung.
If she does not appear for the second summons according to the schedule we set, we will take compulsory measures to bring her in.
Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.