Police Arrest Angeline's Foster Mother

Denpasar (Antara Bali) - Police in Bali have arrested Margriet Christina Megawe, the foster mother of Angeline, the eight year old girl found killed recently on a charge of child negligence.

"We have just found sufficient initial evidence to investigate her (Margriet) as a suspect in another case namely child negligence," Bali Regional Police Command chief Inspector General Ronny Sompie said here on Sunday.

Margriet is now held at the command`s directorate of crime investigation along with one of her children, Ivone.

She and her child Ivone were arrested at a villa in Canggu in the district of Badung early on Sunday morning and immediately put to a detention cell at 4.35am.

Ronny said police named Margriet suspect based on the results of development of the Angeline`s case following the confession of Agus, the suspect behind Angeline`s murder, during questioning as a witness in the child negligence case.

Although Margriet was named suspect over a different case Sompie said it was not impossible that her investigation later would be linked to the Angeline`s death case.

"The results of the investigation would be used to deal with the death case of Angeline with regard to confirming whether or not they are related," he said.

On Thursday (June 11) the Denpasar chapter of the Integrated Child and Woman Empowerment Service Center (P2TP2A) reported Angeline`s negligence case to the police.

Angeline was found buried in the backyard of her house on Wednesday (June 10) after she was reported missing on May 16.

The case has drawn a lot of concern from many quarters from across the country who have called on the police to thoroughly investigate it. (DWA)