Policeman gets teacher arrested for allegedly slapping son<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik and Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
A high school teacher in North Jakarta, detained last Friday for
\nallegedly slapping the son of a police officer from the National
\nPolice Headquarters, was finally released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the City Council's Commission E for health,
\neducation and the people's welfare, Dani Anwar, said on Tuesday
\nthat the detention of Sutarman was sparked by an incident on May
\n9 when 30 students of SMP 143 were punished for arriving late for
\na flag-raising ceremony at the school.<\/p>\n
Citing Sutarman's testimony, Dani said during the ceremony,
\nSutarman came to each of the 30 students and pressed his fist
\nagainst the cheek of each student.<\/p>\n
One of the students, the son of a police officer, later
\nshouted \"dog\" at a female teacher passing near the students.<\/p>\n
The female teacher began to cry and ran into a consultation
\nroom. Sutarman, who heard about the incident, summoned the
\nstudent, who was not identified, for questioning.<\/p>\n
\"Sutarman said the student was only interrogated in the room,\"
\nDani told the Post.<\/p>\n
The parents of the student became angry when their son said he
\nhad a stomachache last Wednesday. They had accused Sutarman of
\nslapping the boy, which they said had caused the ailment.<\/p>\n
Sutarman was first summoned to the North Jakarta subprecinct
\nlast Thursday and was detained last Friday at the North Jakarta
\npolice precinct.<\/p>\n
A police source at the National Police Headquarters confirmed
\non Tuesday that a middle-ranking officer from the headquarters
\nidentified as Adj. Sr. Comr. S had asked the North Jakarta
\nprecinct to detain Sutarman after hearing that his son had been
\nslapped by the teacher.<\/p>\n
\"He called the precinct to help him detain the teacher.
\nFeeling that the police should help each other, officers in the
\nprecinct detained Sutarman,\" he told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Zainuri Lubis said police
\nofficers had the right to name any person a suspect and detain
\nthem.<\/p>\n
\"I am sure police there had enough evidence to detain
\nSutarman,\" he told the Post.<\/p>\n
Sutarman could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/policeman-gets-teacher-arrested-for-allegedly-slapping-son-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }