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Again we are forwarding AHRC information UAP maybe very important for you and try to compare with your own struggle and to protect the human dignity around the world and therefore please read the whole contents! OPM-OIIO Malmö-Sweden To: [email protected] Subject: INDONESIA: Police officers severely torture a man and shoot him, making impossible claims that he had been trying to escape Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:09:06 +0800 From: [email protected] You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to one or more e-mailing lists from the Asian Human Rights Commission or the Asian Legal Resource Centre. If you do NOT wish to receive further material from us, please click this link to unsubscribe or this link to change your preferences. ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-066-2009 26 June 2009 ------------------------------------------------------ INDONESIA: Police officers severely torture a man and shoot him, making impossible claims that he had been trying to escape ISSUES: Torture, extrajudicial execution ------------------------------------------------------ Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man who was shot dead by police while in custody was not trying to escape at the time, as the police have suggested. The victim, who was arrested on April 2, 2009 by police officers in North Jakarta and was pronounced dead on April 4, reportedly had at least ten stab wounds to his legs when he was shot, along with other injuries. The case suggests a halfhearted cover up of torture and execution on various levels within the station, which has not yet been legally addressed. CASE DETAILS: (According to the victim's family) On April 2, 2009 at 2pm Mr. Munadi received a phone call from his daughter-in-law Ade Nur, telling him that his son had been taken away by six or seven people who claimed to be officers for the North Jakarta police force. Munadi went straight to the North Jakarta police station after the call, but was told that no one had been detained from the Galur area of Cempaka Putih that day, where his son Bayu Perdana Putra had been. Munadi inquired at two neighboring police offices but was told the same thing. He returned to the North Jakarta police station at 5:15pm, but there was still no word. At 11pm Munadi received another call from Ade Nur; the police had returned she said, and ransacked the couple's rented room. They didn't find anything and one officer left his number with Ade Nur (021-97301867) so Munadi called it and, to get through, pretended to be a friend of the policeman. But when the officer took the call Munadi says he heard his son screaming for mercy in the background. Munadi asked who was screaming and asked the police to stop harming them; the officer pretended not to hear and hung up. Five minutes later the officer called back and asked who the caller was, and when Munadi explained that he was the father of Putra the officer hung up again. Munadi went straight back to the station (at around 11:30pm) and went to the fourth floor to meet with those in the office of the second highest detective in command, Mr. Santoso. Munardi recounted what had happened that day and asked after his son, and an officer looked into it and told him that Bayu was being held in Bogor, West Java. Munardi went home. On April 4 at 3pm Munardi got a phone call from Ade Nur, who told him that Bayu had been pronounced dead in CM Hospital from two gunshot wounds to his chest and stab wounds on both his legs. It is not clear on which day he had died. Meeting with Santoso, Munadi was told that Bayu had been shot by the police after he tried to escape during a crime scene reconstruction. Yet in the hospital later that day he found his son's corpse covered with other wounds, including gaping wounds on his wrists and hands and more than 10 stab wounds on his legs. They were not wounds, he says, of a man who would be able to run away. Despite phone calls and visits to the police station, Munadi was unable to get anyone to help him with the release of the body from the hospital. On April 5 around 11am an officer finally arrived from the police station to arrange their collection of the body, which the family buried in their village in Cirebon, West Java. SUGGESTED ACTION: Please write to the local authorities listed below to demand an immediate investigation into the operation of police at the North Jakarta Police Station and in Bogor, West Java, with due disciplinary and legal action taken against those found guilty of participation in the torture, murder and the following cover up. Please ask for the intervention of the National Human Rights Commission and the National Police Commission to ensure that the victim’s family receives proper redress and compensation. Please also be informed that the AHRC has written a separate letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, calling for an intervention in this case. To support this appeal, please click here: SAMPLE LETTER: Dear __________, INDONESIA: Police officers severely torture a man and shoot him, making impossible claims that he had been trying to escape Name of victim: Bayu Putra Pradana Alleged perpetrators: Officers in Bogor, West Java, and North Jakarta. Date of incident: April 2 to 4, 2009 Place of incident: Bogor, West Java and the North Jakarta Police Station I am writing to voice my deep concern regarding an incident of torture involving the North Jakarta Police. Bayu Putra Perdana was arrested on April 2, 2009, though his family were not told where he was being held. When his father Munadi called a policeman involved in the arrest, he heard his son screaming in the background. He was unable to get the help he needed from other officers, including Mr Santoso, who is reportedly the second highest detective in command at the North Jakarta Police Station. Two days later Munadi was told that Bayu was dead: shot by the police after he tried to escape during a crime scene reconstruction. However in the hospital later that day he found his son's corpse covered with other wounds, including gaping wounds on his wrists and hands and more than 10 stab wounds on his legs. They were not wounds, he says, of a man who would be able to run away. This case demonstrates the abuse of power by police officers while conducting arrests and holding suspects in detention. It further illustrates how the numerous flagrant human rights violations by police coming out of this area is deeply institutionalised and needs urgent, close attention. This case is a blatant example of the futility of the Indonesian government’s ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Torture in 1998. It should be noted that Indonesian citizens have every right to be protected from disproportionate police action while being interrogated as suspects. Furthermore the suspected person has every right to file a lawsuit concerning the lawfulness of his/her detention as well as any physical action that could be deemed as disproportionate when conducted in the period of apprehension and/or detention. I call for an immediate investigation to be conducted into the operation of the North Jakarta police station and the station involved in Bogor, West Java, where it appears that torture and summary executions are condoned and carried out by staff. This situation points to a shocking over confidence among police in their own impunity, and a disregard for law, justice or due process among law enforcers. This action is important to secure the impartiality, transparency and accountability of police authority in the country. In this respect, the National Human Rights Commission and the National Police Commission must also play a part in ensuring that the victims receive proper redress, and that police officers are trained to understand their legal powers and respect human rights laws. Please also be informed that the Asian Human Rights Commission has written to the UN Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions informing him of this case. Yours sincerely, ---------------- PLEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO: 1. Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri Chief of National Police Jl. Trunojoyo No. 3 Jakarta Selatan INDONESIA Tel: +62 21 721 8012 Fax: +62 21 720 7277 2. Inspector Gen. Wahyono Chief of Regional Police (KAPOLDA) Metro Jaya Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Jakarta INDONESIA Tel: +62 21 5234000 Email: [email protected] 3. Mr. Comm. Rycko Amelza Dahniel Chief of North Jakarta Regional Police Polres Metro Jakarta Utara Jalan Yos Sudarso No. 1 Jakarta Utara INDONESIA Tel: +62 21 43931017 Fax : +6221 43931017 Email: [email protected] 4. Mr. Drs. Suhardi Alius, MH Coordinator Secretary of Chief of National Police (KORSPRIPIM) Jl. Trunojoyo No.3, Jakarta INDONESIA Tel: +62 21 7218144 Fax : +62 21 7260208 Email: [email protected] 5. Mr. Ifdhal Kasim Chief of Indonesian Commission on Human Rights (KOMNAS HAM) Jln. Latuharhary No. 4B, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310 INDONESIA Tel: +62 21 3925230 ext. 225/221 Fax. +62 21 3925227 Email: [email protected] 6. Mr. Hendarman Supandji Attorney General Kejaksaan Agung RI Jl. Sultan Hasanuddin No. 1 Jakarta Selatan INDONESIA Tel: + 62 21 7221337, 7397602 Fax: + 62 21 7250213 7. Mr. Andi Matalatta Minister of Justice and Human Rights JI. H.R. Rosuna Said Kav. 6-7 Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan INDONESIA Fax: +62 21 525 3095 Thank you. 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