Rejang Lebong (September 27, 2024) – The Technical Implementation Unit of the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), Dharma Guna Center in Bengkulu has been moving to help RU (15), a victim of stepfather's raped child in Rejang Lebong Bengkulu since September 3, 2024. Various types of Social Rehabilitation Assistance (ATENSI) have also been provided to restore the victim's physical, psychological, and social conditions to date.

"At that time, the victim told her mother that she had often been harassed by the perpetrator," said Syam Wuryani, Head of the Dharma Guna Center Bengkulu, Friday (September 27, 2024).

The victim first experienced harassment by the perpetrator in early 2024, when the victim's mother was not at home. Since then, the perpetrator has often threatened to kill the victim's younger sibling and mother so that the victim would follow his orders. The perpetrator was finally arrested on August 27, 2024, and detained at the Rejang Lebong Police.

To find out about RU's health, MoSA facilitated and accompanied the examination and laboratory tests at a hospital in Bengkulu. Hematology, immunology, and HIV tests were carried out. The results showed that RU was healthy and HIV-negative. MoSA also took RU to undergo a psychological examination by a psychologist. "We took him to the Bengkulu Clinical Psychologists Association. Also, to a psychiatrist to ensure RU's psychological and mental condition," added Syam Wuryani.

From a legal perspective, MoSA has coordinated with the Rejang Lebong Police and the District Attorney's Office so that the perpetrator can be punished to the maximum.

Coordination with the school was conducted to facilitate the process of moving schools to areas deemed safe by RU. Furthermore, MoSA and social offices, psychologists, and psychiatrists continue to provide ongoing assistance and monitoring of the physical, psychological, social, and economic conditions of the victim and family.

In addition to facilitating physical, psychological, and mental health examinations, MoSA also assists in the form of personal hygiene equipment and clothing.  RU's biological mother will also be given entrepreneurship assistance in the form of selling sweets or basic necessities or snacks, after RU's psychological recovery at the Dharma Guna Center in Bengkulu.