The 9-year-old third-grader from Dr. Sutomo Primary School in Surabaya, identified by the court as DY, was acquitted Monday by Surabaya District Court of a charge of "tormenting" a female classmate by placing a bee on her desk that stung her on the cheek, The Jakarta Post reported Thursday.
The case began March 3 of last year, when Commissioner Supardi Astiko of the East Java Police's crime unit reported the boy to prosecutors for allegedly putting the bee on his daughter's desk. He was charged with "tormenting" his classmate.
Judge Sutriadi Yahya said Monday the case should have been handled by the parents of the children and never should have made it to court.
"According to our judgment, what DY did was not a crime, it was just ordinary naughty behavior," Sutriadi said.
The boy's parents were ordered to pay less than $1 for judicial expenses.
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