Jakarta –
The prosecutor considered that there were many irregularities in the allegations of sexual harassment against the wife of the former Head of the Propam Polri Division, Ferdy Sambo, Princess Candrawathi, by Brigadier Yosua Hutabarat. One of them, said the prosecutor, was that Sambo seemed indifferent because he did not prohibit Putri from carrying out independent isolation by inviting Joshua.
This was conveyed by the prosecutor when reading the charges against Putri Candrawathi at the South Jakarta District Court, Wednesday (18/1/2023). The prosecutor initially stated that the alleged harassment of Putri in Magelang on 7 July 2022 was not sufficient evidence.
“The defendant’s confession Princess Candrawathi who experienced sexual harassment is not enough evidence,” said the prosecutor.
Prosecutors said no one saw the alleged abuse take place. According to the prosecutor, Putri also did not show any post-mortem evidence on the alleged rape.
“The harassment was strange and not supported by evidence,” said the prosecutor.
The prosecutor also alluded to Putri’s position as the wife of the Kadiv Propam Polri when the alleged rape incident occurred, while Yosua was suspected of being the perpetrator with the status of Sambo’s adjutant. The prosecutor also brought up the moment Putri called Yosua to talk privately in the room after the alleged harassment had occurred as something odd.
Next, the prosecutor also considered the alleged harassment to be odd because Yosua was instead invited to self-isolate at the Sambo official residence at the National Police Complex, Duren Tiga, South Jakarta, on July 8 2022. According to the prosecutor, a victim of harassment generally experiences trauma.
“In addition, where husbands who are victims of sexual violence or rape don’t even mind and seem normal and ignorant, as if there was no sexual violence or rape on them. Princess Candrawathi who is none other than his wife and his first love because Ferdy Sambo’s brother did not prevent or try to distance his wife from being a victim of sexual violence or rape,” said the prosecutor.
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