Refl: Jadi menurut SBY bahwa pada zaman kekuasaan Soehorta yaitu sebelum 
“reformasi” tidak ada kekerasan? Pada zaman reformasi SBY pura-pura lupa apa 
yang sendiri lakukan yaitu mensponsor kekerasan Laskar Jihad untuk membasmi 
kaum Nasrani di Sulawesi Tengah dan Maluku. Sebelum reformasi juga banyak 
pelanggaran kemanusian dilakukan oleh klik bos Soeharto, contohnya kekerasaan 
semasa DOM di Aceh, tambah lagi invasi TNI ke Timor Timur.


http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/violence-in-indonesia-linked-to-reform-era-sby-says/500441?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=j
Violence in Indonesia Linked to Reform Era, SBY Says
Anita Rachman & Carla Isati Octama | February 25, 2012

 One of the nine thugs or preman that attacked another gang at Gatot Subroto 
hospital is detained by police at Central Jakarta Police Headquarters on 
Friday. (JG Photo/Safir Makki) 


President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday said that the increasing acts of 
thuggery and gangster behavior around the country were a byproduct of the 
reform era that posed a threat to democracy. 

“Recently, acts of violence, people taking the law into their own hands, even 
thuggery, have emerged,” he told the national meeting of the Communication 
Forum for Children of Retired Police and Military Officers (GM FKPPI) in 
Jakarta. 

In the past two weeks, groups of thugs in Indonesian have carried out a series 
of violence acts, brawls and killings. 

On Thursday, a group of mourners at Gatot Subroto Army Hospital in Central 
Jakarta were attacked by members of a rival gang. Two people were killed.

Several days before, in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison, an inmate was stabbed by rival 
gang members, setting off a series of riots there.

In Wamena, Papua, two rival groups attacked each other, killing a soldier who 
tried to separate them. It was just the latest conflict in the province, where 
this year alone dozens have been killed from similar incidents. 

Yudhoyono said that after 10 years of reform and democratization, misuse of 
freedom in the country was rampant.

“We see social disorder, violence and the overemphasizing of rights over duty,” 
he said, adding: “Let’s make sure we use our freedom and rights with obedience, 
appropriately.”

However, Anton Medan, a former preman (thug), told the Jakarta Globe rampant 
thuggery existed because the police did not take necessary action against gang 
members.

He said the police, the city administration and the central government were 
reluctant to crack down on them because they were politically useful. 

“They join hand in hand with candidates during [political] rallies,” Anton said.

The current situation was different from the New Order era, when no thug 
organization dared roam the country or take the law on its own hands, he said.

“The police and the military officers [would have beaten] you and even shot you 
in a broad daylight just like that,” Anton said. 

Former President Suharto’s no-compromise approach against thugs and mass 
organizations, especially Islam-based groups, was seen as an effective 
deterrent against street crime and thuggery, though it resulted in many deaths.

At the height of the mysterious Petrus Killings in the 1980s, dead bodies 
believed to be gang members’ were found lying on streets or floating in rivers 
almost daily.

National Police Chief Gen. Timur Pradopo said he would evaluate informal 
organizations that provide protection services. “We will see if these 
organizations break any laws,” he said.

Mass organizations such as the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), the Betawi 
Brotherhood Forum (FBR) and Youth and Betawi Communications Forum (Forkabi) 
offer protection for money and allegedly can be hired to mobilize members for 
demonstrations.

Additional reporting by Ronna Nirmala & Bayu Marhaenjati

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