Vento Saudale – A severe beating of a 15-year-old child in Bogor allegedly by a military officer was ignored by police, the boy's father said after trying to file a police report.

Police, however, denied rejecting the report because the crime may have involved a military officer.

Soher Hidayat was left with a broken lower jaw, all the teeth in his upper jaw smashed out, 30 stitches and bruises covering his body, said the boy's father, Syarief.

Soher had been on his way to watch a screening of the football European Championship final on June 27 in Ciomas, Bogor, when his vehicle collided with a group of men who chased him before committing the brutal assault.

Syarief was unhappy with the police's response when he reported the crime on July 1. "That's why today, accompanied by GR2B [the United Bogor People's Movement], we're reporting the case again. We also have a medical report from the PMI Bogor hospital," Harry Ara, chairman of GR2B, said on Saturday.

Ciomas Police Chief Wiajayanti said the police had not rejected the report. "We didn't reject it. We suggested it be reported to the military's professionalism and security affairs [department]," he said.

Wiajayanti added that an investigation was underway and that the attacker could face multiple charges for violent conduct. Syarief was forced to sell his motorcycle to cover his son's medical expenses.