Chronology of violence against Angeline
The Jakarta Post May 26
Jakarta | Thu, June 11, 2015 | 02:32 pm
The Bali Police are questioning a number of people
following the finding of the remains of Angeline, an
8-year-old girl, who was reported missing for nearly
a month in Bali. Her remains were found buried in
the backyard of her adoptive mother's house. Here
are some media accounts that reveal signs of ill
treatment that Angeline may have experience before
her death.
May 16 2015
Angeline's adoptive mother Margareith C. Megawe
reports the girl missing after she was last seen
playing in front of the family home on Jl. Sedap
Malam, Sanur, Denpasar, Bali, at 3 p.m.
May 17
Angeline's family creates a Facebook fanpage "Find
Angeline-Bali's Missing Child".
May 18
Police question several witnesses to locate Angeline
and track down Angeline's biological mother,
Hamidah.
May 24
The National Commission on Child Protection
(Komnas PA) visit Angeline's house and meet
Margareith.
May 25
Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Ronny F. Sompie forms
a team to find Angeline.
Bali Police investigators quiz Margareith.
June 1
Officers from the Denpasar branch of the
Community Services Center for the Protection of
Women and Children (P2TP2A) visit Angeline's
house, but Margareith refuses to meet them.
June 2
Police search the house but find no signs of
Angeline.
June 3
Safe Childhood Foundation, the Bali branch of
Sahabat Anak Foundation, and Komnas PA
organize an event to distribute flyers on the missing
girl in the neighborhood around Angeline's house.
June 5
Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister
Yuddy Chrisnandi pays a visit to Angeline's house
but is turned away by the family's house guards.
June 6
Empowerment and Child Protection Minister
Yohana Yembise pays a visit to Angeline's house
but fails to meet any of the family members.
June 10
Police unearth the decomposing remains of
Angeline with her doll, wrapped in a bed cover. The
body was buried under a heap of trash in between
banana trees next to chicken cages.
An autopsy on Angeline's body finds that the cause
of her death was head trauma. In the autopsy, the
police find signs of violence, namely bruises on the
face, neck, hands and legs. Police also find a burn
wound from a cigarette butt on the right side of her
back in addition to traces of plastic rope around the
neck.
After three weeks of Angeline being reported
missing and presumed dead, the police apprehend a
former domestic helper, Agus who confesses to
committing acts of violent against Angeline leading
to her death. Police also detain Margareith. (dmr)
Source: Media accounts from Antara, Kompas and
other local media.
Angeline, please forgive us for being ignorant
Jakarta | Fri, June 12, 2015 | 06:18 am
Angeline, an 8-year-old girl from Bali who had
gone missing for nearly one month, was found dead,
buried in a shallow grave in the backyard of her
adoptive mother's home in Denpasar.
The pictures of the long-haired girl with her angelic
smile caught public attention through alert messages
posted by her family on social media from the day
she went missing. A Facebook page was set up,
named 'Find Angeline' Bali's Missing Child.'€
There was also a rally held by local Balinese as one
of many attempts to find her.
But as has happened in many other unfortunate
incidents, our consciousness of Angeline's condition
was too late.
Many other children in our society share Angeline's
situation. There were clues that Angeline was from
a troubled home; neighbors reportedly admitted that
they were aware of occasions when Angeline was
heard or seen receiving violent verbal abuse from
her family. Her school teacher also often found her
attending school in quite a worrying condition.
Yet no real action was ever taken to seek help for
Angeline.
Collectively, as a society and as a nation, we have
failed Angeline.
Domestic abuse remains a complex issue from
sociocultural, religious and legal perspectives. A
husband beating his wife, and parents neglecting
children or expressing abusive anger toward them
are still widely seen as private matters for families.
Intervention from people outside the family may
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cause an awkward situation or even harsh backlash
from the family. Even neighbors who really care
might find themselves in a difficult situation as they
have no idea to whom they should report the abuse.
Worse still, uncertainty over some elements of our
law enforcement may prevent people from taking
action as they are unsure if their efforts will bring
about a better situation for the child or just impose
more trouble.
Unlike reporting other crimes, reporting child abuse
may cause worry over who is going to care for the
child in the future, despite laws on domestic
violence and on child protection.
There is an Integrated Women's and Children's
Center (P2TP2A) in every regency that has the
authority to receive reports on child abuse and
perform follow-up investigations.
However, we still get stuck with the classic problem
of huge distances between the policy-makers and
the people resulting in some good policies going to
waste as a result of ineffective information
distribution in their implementation.
We have failed too many young lives and we can no
longer stay silent about domestic child abuse.
Waiting for law-enforcement to take effect may
take time, and worse, may cost us more innocent
lives. At this moment, community-based support
and campaigns are probably the most effective way
to help end child abuse.
In almost every case of abuse, neighbors are usually
the first people who have concrete proof of the
violence.
What we need is a massive public education
program to spread the message that violence
directed at children 'as with any other violence' is
never a private matter. It is a crime. Every adult is
legally responsible for taking action to stop the
violence.
The same awareness is also needed for cases of
marital and partner violence. Since the victims are
adults, mostly women, people may often misjudge
that they should be able to help themselves to leave
the abusive relationship. Only few understand that
these adults often have very low self-esteem that
they do not see leaving their abusive partner as a
possible option.
We always love to take pride in our strong sense of
communal identity. True, we regularly watch and
read news reports about people getting together as a
neighborhood community to catch and punish
couples for illicit sexual activities.
This is the time to put our communal identity to
wider use. What we should consider is expanding
our definition of morality so that it is not always
Engeline'€™s murderer
gets life in prison
The Jakarta Post
Denpasar   /   Tue, March 1, 2016   /  08:39 am
The sentence: Margriet Christina Magawe leaves
the Denpasar District Court in Bali on Monday after
receiving a life sentence for the murder of her
about sexual issues but also about saving victims of
domestic abuse.
When it comes to enforcing 'morality', religious
leaders are the right people to collaborate with.
Mosques, churches and other religious centers can
embrace their love of morality and preach this
important message to their huge numbers of
followers.
We just need to make sure that these elites agree to
broaden their view of what constitutes 'immorality'
in order to see that it includes domestic violence.
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geline-please-forgive-us-being-ignorant.html
adoptive daughter Engeline. Margriet will appeal
the guilty verdict.(JP/Zul Trio Anggono)
The Denpasar District Court in Bali on Monday
agreed to the demand from prosecutors to punish
Margriet Christina Megawe, 60, with life in prison
for murdering 8-year-old Engeline Margriet
Megawe.
The court's sentence concluded the four-month-long
trial that captivated the entire nation.
The court also sentenced the other defendant,
Agustay Handa May, to 10 years in prison for
helping Margriet, the victim's adoptive mother,
cover up her crime.
A panel of three judges agreed that Margriet was
guilty of violating Article 340 of the Criminal Code
on premeditated murder, which carries a maximum
sentence of life in prison or capital punishment.
The judges also declared Margriet guilty of
violating multiple articles in the 2002 Child
Protection Law by exploiting Engeline for
economic reasons and abandoning her.
‘The defendant is found guilty of premeditated
murder, child exploitation, child abandonment and
discrimination. She is therefore sentenced to life in
prison,'€ presiding judge Edward Harris Sinaga
said.
The judges said that based on witnesses and
evidence presented during the trial, Margriet was
incapable of taking care of Engeline as she had no
steady income for the past few years. Thus, starting
several years ago, she used her backyard to raise
chickens and sell them to people. She forced
Engeline to take care of all the chickens.
'The defendant tried to hide the fact that she was no
longer able to take care of the victim. Thus, she
wanted to kill her because it was impossible to give
the victim back to her biological parent,' Edward
said.
The judges also emphasized that Margriet had
prepared a murder plan as she had told Agustay, her
former domestic worker, to dig a burrow in the
backyard before killing the victim.
'The defendant prepared a carefully thought-out
plan before and after the murder,' the verdict said.
Margriet was surprisingly calm when her sentence
was read out.
She did not shed tears like she did when the
prosecutors read out their sentence demand on Feb.
4.
In contrast, Engeline's biological mother, Hamidah,
who was present on Monday, cried after the judges
read out the sentence.
'She should have been sentenced to death. She must
feel what my daughter felt,'€ Hamidah said.
Margriet's lawyer, Hotma Sitompoel, meanwhile,
said that his client would file an appeal against the
court's guilty verdict in a higher court.
Engeline's body was found buried in the backyard
of Margriet's house in June last year after she was
declared missing several weeks beforehand.
Engeline's disappearance attracted public attention
and the family created a Facebook page for
Engeline called 'Find Engeline 'Bali's Missing
Child'.
However, a police investigation later led to
accusations that Margriet had killed Engeline by
slamming her head into the floor and then ordered
Agustay Handa May, her domestic worker, to bury
the corpse.
The police named Agustay a suspect immediately
after they found Engeline's body. They named
Margriet the main suspect a couple of weeks later.
Both suspects have been undergoing separate trials
in the murder case since October last year.
When testifying as a witness in Margriet's trial,
Agustay said his employer had tortured Engeline by
pulling her hair and repeatedly slamming her head
into the floor prior to her death.
He also said Margriet ordered him to cover
Engeline's body, along with her doll, with bed linen
and a curtain and that she burned Engeline's back
with a cigarette to ascertain whether or not she was
dead.
After he took Engeline's body to the backyard and
buried her there, Agustay testified that Margriet told
him to cover the spot with a big red basket and put
some chicken feed on it to avoid suspicion.
Agustay's sentence was lighter than the 12 years'
imprisonment sought by prosecutors.
Reading out Agustay's sentence, judge Edward,
who also served as the presiding judge in Agustay's
trial, said that the defendant had helped Margriet
bury Engeline's body and was thus guilty of
violating Article 181 of the Criminal Code for
concealing evidence and articles 76 and 80 of the
Child Protection Law.
The panel of judges, however, declared that
Agustay was not guilty of premeditated murder.
Agustay's lawyer, Hotman Paris Hutapea, said that
his client would challenge the sentence. He said that
the sentence was too heavy for Agustay because he
was forced to help Margriet bury Engeline's body.
Timeline of Engeline murder case

May 16, 2015

Eight-year-old Engeline Margriet Megawe Engeline
is reported missing

June 10, 2015

Engeline's body is found buried in the backyard of
Margriet Christina Megawe's house on Jl. Sedap
Malam in Denpasar. Police name Margriet's former
domestic worker Agustay Handa May a suspect.

June 14, 2015

Police name Margriet as a suspect in a child
abandonment case.

June 18, 2015

Agustay retracts his previous statement that he had
raped and killed Engeline, saying that Margriet, the
victim's adoptive mother, had murdered her.

June 28, 2015

Police name Margriet as main suspect in Engeline's
murder

Sep. 7, 2015
Bali Police investigators hand over dossiers and
supporting evidence in the murder case to the
Denpasar Prosecutor's Office. The office confirms
that the dossiers are sufficient to bring the case to
trial.

Dec. 21, 2015

Agustay testifies that Engeline was tortured on the
day she was killed.

Feb. 2, 2016
Prosecutors demand the Denpasar District Court
sentence Agustay to 12 years in prison and a fine of
Rp 1 billion (US$75,000).

Feb. 4, 2016
Prosecutors demand a life sentence for Margriet.

Feb. 29, 2016

The Denpasar District Court sentences Margriet to
life imprisonment, Agustay to 10 years in prison.

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ngeline-s-murderer-gets-life-prison.html
 The Rape and Murder of a Schoolgirl Has Brought Indonesia's
Culture of Sexual Violence Into Focus
By Yenni Kwok | May 4, 2016
A brutal crime that snuffed out the life of a bright
student has shocked Indonesia and galvanized
public demand for the leaders of the world’s most
populous Muslim nation to take violence against
women seriously.
Yuyun — whose name has been released by her
family — was a schoolgirl born to a poor family in
the small village of Kasie Kasubun in Bengkulu
province, Sumatra. Local media reports give her age
as either 13 or 14, and she was a bright student,
ranked third in her class. On April 2, going home
from school she was gang-raped and murdered by a
group of 14 men and boys. Her body was dumped at
a rubber plantation and found two days later.
Police swiftly apprehended 12 of the 14 alleged
perpetrators, which include her ex-boyfriend and
two students from her school. Half of the suspects
are aged 18 or younger.
As gruesome as it was, the news barely caused a
blip in national media until feminist activists in
Jakarta launched a social-media campaign. Last
weekend, independent musician Kartika Jahja of
Kolektif Betina (the Female Collective) kicked off a
viral video campaign with the hashtag
#NyalaUntukYuyun (which can be paraphrased as
Light a Candle for Yuyun). Soon, Indonesian
celebrities from singers Julia Perez and Kristina to
movie directors Joko Anwar and Nia Dinata began
to show their support.
Yuyun “is actually just one of 44 women and girls
killed by men and boys in the first four months of
2016, but her case is certainly one of the most
brutal,” says Kate Walton, a Jakarta-based
women’s-rights activist who first brought Yuyun’s
rape-murder to the attention of other feminists last
weekend. She logs instances of Indonesian women
killed by men, who are mostly their sexual partners.
Women’s-rights activists hope that the outrage
generated by Yuyun’s case can push for change in
both legislation and also in daily life, and say that
patriarchal culture is the root cause of violence
against women.
Back in Yuyun’s village, her family is still reeling
from the grief and shock. Girls in the village don’t
dare to walk to and from home unescorted.
The trial of the seven underage perpetrators, who
face 10 years in jail, opened on Monday under
heavy security. “We want the perpetrators get the
heaviest punishment,” her mother Yana told BBC
Indonesia. “I want to ask for life.”
Source : http://time.com/4317442/gang-rape-
murder-indonesia-schoolgirl-yuyun-sexual-
violence/

On Wednesday morning, hours before women’s-

rights activists are set to hold a candlelight vigil
opposite of the presidential palace, President Joko
Widodo made a statement. “We all mourn the tragic
departure of YY,” he tweeted, using the victim’s
initials. “Arrest and punish the perpetrators as
severely as possible. Women and children have to
be protected from violence.”

The Sad Story Arie
Hanggara
Prizki | 2017
Arie Hanggara is a sad story about the son who was
molested by his parents, Machtino bin Eddiwan aka
Tino and his stepmother Santi bint Cece. Arie's
tragic story that occurred in November 1984 gave
rise to grief and public resentment.
He may be said to be born in the middle of a lame
family. Tino's father is a lazy and high-class
promise. In fact, the brothers of his wife talked Tino
as a male who is only able to make a child.
Having no job, while he has high self-esteem in the
midst of the demanding conditions of Jakarta, Tino
and his wife Dahlia Nasution often argue. The wife
eventually returns to Depok and Tino entrusts her
children to the grandmother's house.
Shortly thereafter, Tino again took his children and
lived with his new wife named Santi. In a small
rented house in Mampang area, South Jakarta, they
live. Tino and Santi and 3 children Tino namely
Anggi, Arie, and Andi.
Realizing that he was unemployed, after taking his
wife to work, Tino applied for work to various
places. Friends also began to be contacted, but none
of them gave hope. This condition makes Santi start
nagging, plus children who began to stubborn in
accordance with the development of his age
Santi's innuendo questioning her children's attitudes
made Tino start acting hard on Arie and his 2
brothers. For some reason, Tino and Santi's anger is
based on Arie, Tino's second child who is also a
grade 1 student at Cikini Primary School, Central
Jakarta.
By his classmates, Arie is known as a lively child,
funny, sometimes stubborn, and happy joking.
While in the eyes of his teacher, Arie is known as a
diligent and clever child. Its worth for maths 8.5.
However, for Tino and Santi, Arie's mischief has
crossed the line. The torture of this cheerful child
took place on November 3, 1984, when Arie was
accused Tino and Santi of stealing Rp1,500. Arie
screamed in pain when being bombarded by both
parents for not wanting to confess.
The blow hit his face, hands, feet, and the back of
his body. Not until there, Tino also tie the legs and
hands Arie. Then, like the thief Arie was told to
squat in the bathroom. "Let's apologize and
confess," shouted Santi.
Feeling not doing what was charged to him or as an
expression of disobedience, Arie remained silent.
Intrigued, Tino and Santi unhook Arie's hand and
pour cold water into the boy's body. Santi requested
additional punishment by telling Arie to squat while
holding his ear. This innocent child carries out his
punishment while groaning in pain.
Tino and Santi's cruelty continued and peaked on
Wednesday, November 7, 1984. Arie again accused
of stealing money Rp 8,000. The boy who claimed
not to steal was again persecuted. Santi furiously
slaps at Arie who stands afraid.
Still not admitting, Tino lifted the broom and beat
the boy's body. Arie's cry of pain at 22.30 WIB
faintly heard his neighbor. "Over the wall,"
screamed Santi as told by a number of witnesses.
Upset because the word sorry never came out, Santi
then came with a mango paring knife and once
again threatened Arie to apologize. However, again
Arie shut her mouth. Emotionally, Santi grabbed
and pointed the knife into the face of a very
frightened boy.
After the stepmother left the "torture room", it was
Toni's turn to come and hit Arie who was so weak.
"Stand there," the father commanded.
The clock shows at 01.00 am when Toni wakes up
and visits Arie. He found that the boy was no longer
standing and was sitting. Drinks in the ordered glass
should not be drunk, already shifted location.

Instead of feeling compassion, Toni got even

bleeding and tortured her again. The broom handle
began to rain on this poor boy's body. Toni also
banged his head against the wall. Finally, this agile
child jerked and slumped down. The father went
back to the bedroom.

At 03.00 pm, Toni woke up and saw his son was

lying stiff. The father panicked and with Santi run
Arie to the hospital. However, the doctor who
examined him said Arie was lifeless. That day,
Thursday 8 November 1984.

The next day the public was in an uproar when the

print media reported the death of this unfortunate
child. For weeks later, this tragic story made
headlines in the newspapers. Since then, Arie's
name is inherent in public memory as a victim of
cruelty of parents.

The neighbors confessed that night, as well as the

previous days, heard a loud "BEHIND THE
HOOP!" But they were silent, inaction, unhelpful.

Early morning, Arie Hanggara found drooping,

unconscious. His life is not helped.

The father says, violence is part of the discipline.

The mother, calling economic pressure makes her
often out of control. Neighbors argue, they are silent
because they are reluctant to interfere with other
people's household affairs.

All have a reason. Forgive Mama, Forgive Papa,

Excuse the Neighbor. Unfortunately, that late
apology, could not save Arie's life.

Source : https://steemit.com/life/@prizki21/the-sad-
story-arie-hanggara
 An Elementary Student Died Bullied by Senior
Reporter : Nurito | Editor : Anisah Mardhatilla | May 05, 2014
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A fifth grade student of SDN Makasar 09, Makasar
Sub-district, East Jakarta, Renggo Khadafi (11) died
after allegedly being bullied by his senior, SY (12),
on last Monday (4/28) inside the classroom.
" There is a sanction, definitely, especially if there
is a negligence element from our investigation. So,
it is possible the principal will be removed from his
position"
The persecution occurred when the victim
inadvertently spilling the suspect's drink.
Eventually, the victim was already asking for
apologize and giving money to the suspect.
Suddenly, the suspect beat Khadafi inside the
classroom.
The incident was not stopped there. After the school
hours was ended, the suspect continued kicking and
beating Khadafi using mob handle.
Arriving home, Renggo was moaning in pain and
complained about the incident to his foster mother,
Jessica (35). Hearing the complaint, Jessica brought
Renggo to Anak Purba Hospital in Halim
Perdanakusuma. However, because Renggo
suffered from vomiting blood, he was referred to
the Polri Kramatjati Hospital.
After a few days of treatment, Renggo finally
breathed to his last on Sunday (5/4) at around 01.00
AM. He was then buried in Kampung Asem TPU,
Kebon Pala.
Nino (11), Renggo classmate, stated that  the
incident occurred at break time and there was no
teacher at that time," said Nino, Sunday (5/4).
The victim's foster mother, Jessica was shock when
the victim was moaning in pain and telling the
undesirable incident that happened to him. In daily
life, the victim lived with her on Gg Raban, RT
10/07, Halim Perdanakusuma, Makasar, East
Jakarta. The victim's mother died long time ago.
While his father, Yurnalis (50), now lives with his
young wife in Halim Perdanakusuma. "Renggo did
not want to confess. But after feeling pain he finally
told me that he was beaten by his senior," explained
Jessica.
While SY, the sixth grade student allegedly as the
perpetrator, justified if the victim had spilled over
his drink. But he denied that the victim had
apologized to him. "Renggo did not apologize. I had
a fight with Renggo in the classroom. But Renggo
started it first," SY told at the funeral house.
Meanwhile, Head of East Jakarta Primary
Education Sub-Department, Nasrudin said that he
will immediately summon SDN Makasar 09
principal. A strict sanction will be given if there is
any element of negligence of the principal and the
teachers in the investigation result.
Nasrudin added that the heaviest sanction is the
possibility of the principal to be removed from his
position. While the student who allegedly bullied
the victim, will be handed over to the police if there
is a criminal element in this case. "There is a
sanction, definitely, especially if there is a
negligence element from our investigation. So, it is
possible the principal will be removed from his
position," said Nasrudin.
Source : http://www.beritajakarta.id/en/read/1582/an-elementary-
student-died-bullied-by-senior#.XB27pLxS_IU