TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsBandung abuse case reignites concerns over violence against women
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Police escort suspect Taufik Hidayat (center) at the West Java Police headquarters in Bandung on June 23 after his arrest in Majalaya, Bandung regency. He is accused of confining and severely abusing a woman identified as YTR for three years. (Antara/Raisan Al Farisi)
T
he discovery of a West Java woman in critical condition after years of alleged confinement and abuse has sparked public outrage and renewed calls for stronger protections against gender-based violence.
Police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of holding and mistreating the woman, identified only as YTR, 29, from Rancaekek, Bandung regency.
West Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Rudi Setiawan confirmed that officers arrested 30-year-old Taufik Hidayat in Majalaya, Bandung regency, after tracing his digital footprint through a series of online transactions.
“After seeing [Taufik’s online transactions], the team in Majalaya searched around a housing area and, finally, in the evening, managed to find and arrest him,” Rudi said on Tuesday, as reported by Antara.
The arrest came on the same day that Taufik was named a suspect and placed on the police wanted list for allegedly abducting, unlawfully confining and physically abusing his girlfriend, YTR.
Read also: Femicide persists as women face systemic neglect
The case came to light after YTR’s family received a WhatsApp message on June 12 from an unidentified individual informing them that she had been admitted to Hasan Sadikin General Hospital in Bandung in critical condition.
