Violence at Little Aresha Jogja Daycare Ordered by Foundation Chair

Acts of violence against children at the Little Aresha Jogja daycare were directly ordered by the foundation chair and school principal. Both individuals have been designated as suspects in this case. According to detikJogja, the police have named 13 female suspects. They include DK (51), the foundation chair overseeing the Little Aresha daycare, and AP (42), the school principal. The remaining 11 suspects, who are caregivers, are FN (30), NF (26), Lis (34), EN (26), SRm (54), DR (32), HP (47), ZA (30), SRj (50), DO (31), and DM (28). The Head of Criminal Investigation at Yogyakarta Police Resort, Kompol Riski Adrian, stated that the roles of DK and AP, as senior officials of the foundation managing the daycare, were crucial. According to him, DK and AP verbally instructed the caregivers to carry out those actions. “So, there are no written rules or procedures for that. However, based on the statements from the 11 caregiver suspects, they were ordered to do so by the Foundation Chair. But it’s not in the SOP; it was conveyed verbally, directly by the Foundation Chair,” Adrian explained during a press conference at the Yogyakarta Police Resort on Monday afternoon (27/4). “(The school principal) is the same, because the foundation chair and school principal are always present every morning, and they directly witness the caregivers doing those things to the children. So, they knew about it and ordered it,” he continued. The caregivers directly carried out the alleged torture of the children. According to the suspects’ statements, the instructions were also passed down to new caregivers.