Case file against child suspect in NTB burned santri case declared complete

The case file against the juvenile suspect, identified by the initials MR, in the case of three burned santri (Islamic boarding school students) has been declared complete, or P-21, according to the Director of Women and Child Protection and Anti-Human Trafficking Investigations (Dirres PPA-PPO) of the NTB Regional Police, Commissioner Ni Made Pujawati.

“So, the juvenile suspect only has stage two remaining — the handover of the suspect and evidence to the public prosecutor,” said Ni Made in Mataram on Monday.

Meanwhile, the case file of AMR, the head of the boarding school, is still in the process of fulfilling the instructions of the examining prosecutor.

“Previously there were a number of instructions from the examining prosecutor, including deeper questioning of several witnesses from the boarding school environment, and they also asked for the restitution calculation (compensation by the perpetrator) to be completed,” she said.

Before submitting the file to the examining prosecutor at the West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor’s Office, police investigators completed the investigation by holding a live reconstruction at the boarding school.

From the reconstruction, police concluded that there was no act indicating intent on the part of suspect MR to burn the victims.

Police concluded that the incident, which left two santri with burns and one santri dead, pointed to a fire accident.

In addition, investigators added criminal articles relating to the alleged offence of placing a child in a situation of mistreatment, or placing a child such that violence against the child occurs, resulting in serious injury and/or death.

The alleged offence of negligence causing another person serious injury and/or death is also regulated under Article 474 paragraph (2) and/or paragraph (3) of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code in conjunction with Law No. 1 of 2026 on Criminal Penalty Adjustment.

When the boarding school head, identified as AMR (55), and the victim’s peer, MR (15), were first named suspects, police investigators applied Article 359 or Article 360 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 474 paragraphs (2) and (3) of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.

These articles relate to the criminal offence of negligence causing the victim to suffer serious injury and/or death.