Ari Susanto, Solo – The family of the girl who says she was drugged and raped by Pakubuwono XIII, the king of Solo in Central Java, named him in a report to police for the first time on Tuesday, less than a week after giving birth to a boy she claims the king fathered.

The report is expected to add pressure on Pakubuwono to submit to a DNA test the family says will prove he fathered the alleged victim's son. The family's lawyer, Iwan Pangka, said the move was expected to prompt police to summon Pakubuwono for questioning.

Prior to the family's complaint against the king on Tuesday, they had only filed a police report in July against W.T., a woman allegedly acting on behalf of Pakubuwono, for human trafficking.

The alleged victim, a 16-year-old student at a vocational high school in Sukoharjo, near Solo, claims she was raped by the king in a hotel room while unconscious after eating candy he gave her in a car.

She says an acquaintance, W.T., told her that she would be introduced to the king for a job, but she was instead "sold" to the king for Rp 2 million ($165).

Police have summoned the king as a witness in the case several times, but he has so far eluded questioning after claiming to have suffered a stroke. A doctor claiming to treat the king recommended police suspend the probe for around three months, pending the king's recovery.

The king currently undergoes medical treatment in a hospital in Jakarta, according to reports.

"As we've reported him as a suspect now, there should be no excuse for him anymore to evade police summonses for inquiries, including for his DNA sample to be taken," Iwan said. "Unlike a witness, a suspect against whom a report has been filed cannot evade investigation."

Iwan's assertion that Pakubuwono, or any person, automatically becomes an official suspect by the act of naming him in a police report, has some basis in Indonesia's Criminal Code.

But as a matter of actual practice, police typically only name targets of investigations as official "suspects" immediately prior to arrest and transfer of the suspect's investigative dossier to prosecutors.

Similar to corruption probes, rape investigations tend to be particularly dilatory in "naming" suspects, as both the act of naming and the status of "suspect" bear heightened meaning, if not actual consequence, in Indonesia's legal culture.

Police earlier suggested the king takes a DNA test to clear the allegations against him, if he is unable to attend questioning. The alleged victim gave birth to a baby boy at Solo Central Hospital last week.

Support for the investigation has continued to mount, with a petition on change.org collecting 24,000 signatures as of Tuesday.

Sukoharjo Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Andy Rifai said he instructed a subordinate to request a blood sample from the king's doctor in Jakarta, suggesting a DNA test would be performed.

Surakarta's Woman and Child Care Network (JPPAS) has criticized media reports on the case that have identified the victim and her family by name and shown images of them, which the group says violate Indonesia's child protection law, and international conventions on children's and women's rights.

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