Headmaster Allegedly Engaged in Child Grooming with Student in South Tangerang, Suspended

The foundation, together with the school management, has taken responsive steps. The suspension of duties is carried out to uphold transparency and the smooth running of the investigation process. Currently, the individual has been temporarily suspended from his position until the internal examination process is fully completed,” wrote the Instagram account @letrispamulangofficial, as seen on Friday (15/5/2026).

The foundation then formed a team to investigate the facts. The school is committed to resolving the issue fairly and in accordance with the law.

“Our main focus now is to ensure that the learning environment remains safe and conducive for all students,” it wrote.

In a viral post, several anonymous accounts shared stories and confessions about behaviour in the school environment. One post mentioned the headmaster’s approach to certain female students.

The headmaster is said to have targeted female students who lacked attention from their fathers. The incident is said to have occurred repeatedly.

For information, Komnas Perempuan (National Commission on Violence Against Women) states that child grooming is a form of gender-based violence that targets children, especially girls, through unequal power relations, emotional manipulation, and the normalization of sexual behaviour.

The pattern of child grooming generally emerges through the perpetrator’s strategy of positioning themselves as a close friend and listener, giving excessive gifts and validation, gradually normalizing sexual behaviour, asking for the relationship to be kept secret to isolate the child from their support network, manipulating feelings of guilt and fear, and ultimately leading to sexual threats and coercion so that the victim continues to comply with their wishes. (dvp/aik)