KPAI Suspects Father of Abuse Victim in Sukabumi Also Perpetrated Assault
The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has reported suspected involvement of the biological father in the assault and abuse of a teenage boy with initials NS in Sukabumi, West Java, who died at the age of 13 on 18 February 2026. KPAI Commissioner Diyah Puspitarini reported this during a public hearing with Commission III of the House of Representatives on Monday, 2 March 2026.
According to Diyah, the finding was based on information from NS’s extended family who met with KPAI during its visit to Sukabumi. Diyah stated that NS’s stepmother, who has been designated as a suspect in the assault case, may not have been the sole perpetrator.
“We received information that the violence was not only committed by the mother (stepmother), but also by the father. And this has been happening, especially more intensely over the past four years,” said Diyah at the House of Representatives complex in Jakarta on Monday, 2 March 2026.
According to the family’s account to KPAI, they had attempted to warn NS’s parents to stop the torture. However, these appeals were ignored on the grounds that they had the right to discipline NS as their child.
During the hearing, Deputy Head of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) Sri Suparyati also presented similar suspicions. Suparyati stated that NS and his biological mother, Lisnawati, were tortured by Anwar Satibi since they were part of the family.
According to Suparyati, Anwar is suspected of inflicting violence on NS by pressing lit cigarettes on him, pouring water on him and submerging him in a bathtub. Diyah believed that the domestic violence, which had persisted for years, was a factor that led to NS’s death with injuries to various parts of his body.
“It is not impossible that the role and violence within the domestic sphere that led to NS’s death is not separate from the role of a father in this case,” said Suparyati.
KPAI Commissioner Diyah also requested the Sukabumi District Police Resort to follow up on the suspicions. Diyah proposed three criminal charges to investigate Anwar’s suspected abuse of NS. First, a charge of child abandonment under Article 76B of the Child Protection Law, as NS was left untreated for several days without medical intervention.
Second, a charge of violence under Article 80 of the Child Protection Law, and finally a charge of obstruction of parental contact under Article 14, as Anwar is suspected of preventing Lisnawati from meeting with NS for the past four years.
Lisnawati’s legal representative, Krisna Murti, stated that the case of violence against the victim was previously reported by the biological mother in 2024. However, Krisna said Anwar did not provide an adequate response to correct his wife’s actions.
Krisna viewed that Anwar cannot be considered a neutral witness because he was aware of the risk of violence but allowed it to occur. “Therefore, this situation must be seriously examined as a possible conditional intentionality,” he said during the hearing.
Separately, Anwar Satibi denied all allegations stating that he committed violence against NS. Anwar considered the reports to be slander attempting to attack him.
“That is clearly not true. Now just pray for me because I’m being attacked by slander from all sides,” he said when contacted on Monday.
Anwar’s legal adviser, Dedi Setiadi, requested that Commission III of the House of Representatives give his client equal opportunity to explain their side of the story. Dedi also requested that LPSK and KPAI be balanced by considering Anwar’s denial.
“It is not necessarily true what his ex-wife has said. So it’s a shame for my client who did nothing and is being slandered like this,” said Dedi.