Saturday, 09 July 2022 – 16:29 WIB
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Police stand guard in front of the gate of the Shiddiqiyyah Ploso Islamic Boarding School in front of the Ashiddiqiyah Islamic Boarding School in an attempt to arrest Moch Subchi Azal Tsani (MSAT) alias Mas Bechi in Jombang, East Java, Thursday (7/7/2022). Photo: ANTARA/Syaiful Arif
jpnn.com, JOMBANG – The East Java Regional Police did not expect to find so many secret rooms in the Shiddiqiyyah Ploso Islamic Boarding School (Ponpes) complex, Jombang Regency, while looking for MSAT alias Mas Bechi, 42, a suspect for sexually abusing female students.
“We found a lot of empty rooms there, many hidden,” said Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police Kombes Dirmanto in Jombang, Thursday (6/7/2022) morning.
The number of empty rooms in the complex is suspected to be one of the factors that caused the police to have difficulty finding the child caretaker and the leader of the Jombang Shiddiqiyah Islamic Boarding School.
Moreover, the family at that time was also reluctant to hand over the suspect so the officers continued to search.
Kombes Dirmanto also asked the family to help the police in this matter. The police have also tried to be humane in enforcing the law.
The new police managed to secure Mas Bechi after surrendering to the police on Thursday (6/7/2022) at around 23.00 WIB.
The son of the kiai who cares for the Shiddiqiyyah Ploso Islamic Boarding School, Jombang, gave himself up after being surrounded by police for 15 hours.
After being secured, Mas Bechi was immediately handed over to the East Java Prosecutor’s Office. He was detained at the Class 1 Rutan Surabaya in the Medaeng area for further trial at the Surabaya District Court.
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