Group of Housewives Expose Online Pedophile Facebook Account
17 March 2017 17:22 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Police special crime deputy director Adj. Sr. Comr. Akad Yusep said that housewives played a key role in the exposure of pedophile Facebook account 'Official Loly Candy's 18+'.
According to Yusep, the case was uncovered after Michelle Dian Lestari reported child sexual harassment on the internet. Michelle, who joined a Facebook group called 'Fun-Fun Centilisius', "shared her experience on her private Facebook account," Yusep said at the Jakarta Police Headquarter on Friday, March 17, 2017.
Yusep expressed his appreciation to the housewives for exposing the case. Yusep hoped that the general public would report similar accounts on social media.
"Please report any related information, because such a case has a potential to cause damages to the nation," Yusep said.
Earlier on March 5, 2017, the Jakarta Police Special Crime Unit foiled a pedophile network on social media. Police later arrested four administrators and founder of the Facebook account on March 9, 2017. The four suspects are WW or SNL or MBU, 27, DS or IL INY (24), DF (17), and SHDW (16). DF and SHDW's case files were submitted to the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, March 16, 2017.
WW reportedly found the Facebook group with help from SHDW. It was found later that WW had harassed two minors. DF also reportedly harassed six minors in 2011. Two of them were his niece, and the rest of the were children of his neighbors.
The group required members to upload new videos or photos on a daily basis in order to remain as a member. To this date, police have found 600 videos and photos uploaded by the group.
Michelle said that she reported the case after having a discussion with her community members.
"It started when fellow member Risrona Talenta Simorangkir shared on the Fun-Fun Centilisius group that a Facebook group called Candy's collected child pornographic pictures," Michelle posted on her facebook account on March 15, 2017.
In the posting, Michelle said that she and Risrona consulted with an NGO member before reporting the Facebook group to the police. The NGO member suggested her to report the account to Facebook instead.
"The reason is that filing a report to the police would be costly and need to follow certain procedures," Michelle said.
Michelle and her colleagues reported the account and send the link with screenshots to the Information and Communications Ministry. The Facebook account disappeared for a while, but then a similar account appeared. Michelle then decided to report it to Jakarta Police Special Crime Unit director Sr. Comr. Wahyu Hadiningrat.
"[Police] immediately take actions," Michelle said.
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