Teenagers arrested for harassment

Teenagers arrested for harassment

BOGOR (JP): Police arrested six of nine teenagers suspected of
forcing three male junior high school students to remove their
clothes and sexually harassing a female junior high school
student aboard a public bus on Tuesday evening.

Bogor Police deputy chief Maj. Weri Sujatmiko said the
suspects, who were arrested near where the incident took place in
Warung Jambu, were mostly senior high school students.

"The six teenagers are still being detained here for their
alleged crimes," Sujatmiko said on Wednesday.

He said officers also seized a machete and steel chain from
the suspects.

Sujatmiko said the six teenagers in custody and their three
friends who are still at large, threatened the victims with the
machete and chain after boarding the bus.

Some of the suspects allegedly ordered the male victims to
remove their clothes and took their money and watches, while
other suspects kissed and touched the female student, Sujatmiko
said.

The female student shouted for help after the suspects exited
the bus, he said.

"The teenagers are believed to have taken barbiturates," he
said. (21/jun)