Parents report English course manager over alleged threats to child
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The parents of the victim have reported the manager of an English language tuition course, initials V (29), to the police over allegations of threats against their seven-year-old daughter, initials C, at the course premises.
“On 6 April, we reported the individual manager to the Integrated Police Services Centre of the Metro Jaya Regional Police. We are grateful that our report has been accepted and is currently being processed,” said the victim’s parent, Susandi, during a press conference in South Jakarta on Wednesday.
Susandi explained that the incident began when his child fell at the English language tuition centre on Thursday (2/4) around 16:30 WIB in the Kelapa Gading area of North Jakarta.
Susandi then went to the tuition centre to view CCTV footage to determine the cause of his child’s fall.
“However, the response from the centre’s staff was that it was their private matter and they could not provide the CCTV footage. I was simply asked to wait patiently,” he said.
He was only allowed to view the CCTV recording on Saturday (4/4). At that time, he was asked to come to the centre by the alleged perpetrator.
However, he claims he did not receive a clear explanation from the tuition centre’s staff.
According to Susandi, the manager with initials V instead uttered words suspected to contain racist remarks and threats of violence.
“When we arrived, he instead uttered inappropriate words containing racism, insults to my profession, and even worse, he threatened my child with threats of violence,” he said.
The family has now reported the manager with initials V to the Metro Jaya Regional Police.
The report was registered under number STTLP/B/2347/IV/2026/SPKT/POLDA METRO JAYA dated 6 April 2026.
Before reporting the case, Susandi said he had coordinated with the Chairman of the Indonesian Child Protection Institution (LPAI), Seto Mulyadi, or Kak Seto.
He stated that Kak Seto strongly regretted the alleged verbal violence committed by the tuition centre manager.
“We coordinated with Kak Seto as a child welfare expert. I conveyed what was done by the manager. According to Kak Seto’s statement, it is very regrettable that as a manager and leader at the tuition centre, he uttered words of threats of violence, which violate the Child Protection Law through verbal threats,” he said.
In his report, Susandi also attached several pieces of evidence, including a recording of the manager threatening his child.
He hopes this case serves as a lesson for other tuition centres to always treat their students well.
“They should, when we or parents start asking for information or coordination and so on, provide a good response, not respond negatively,” said Susandi.