Pedophile case being investigated

Pedophile case being investigated

JAKARTA (JP): The National Police are still investigating a
report about alleged sexual offenses against young boys in
Indonesia committed by a Swiss man who was arrested recently in
his country.

National Police deputy spokesman Col. Bambang Haryoko said
yesterday that his office had also been waiting for confirmation
from the National Central Bureau (NCB) at Interpol whether or not
the institution had been contacted by Swiss authorities about the
case.

"I can't even confirm whether the suspect was really abusing
children in this country," he told The Jakarta Post.

Bambang was commenting on a report released by Reuters
Wednesday on the arrest of the unidentified man by Swiss police
for his alleged involvement with young boys aged between five and
15 in Indonesia from 1991 to 1997.

The report said the police had placed the man under preventive
detention following the confiscation of some pedophilic
photographs of young boys from the suspect's house.

It also said the Swiss police were collaborating with
Indonesian authorities in the case.

Bambang said that it was possible that the Swiss police had
contacted the Indonesian Embassy in Switzerland. (cst)