Kompolnas Urges Propam To Check Police Members At The Wiyanto Halim Beating Location In Pulogadung

JAKARTA - The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) Poengky Indarti asked the police to immediately arrest and give severe punishment to all perpetrators of the beating that killed Wiyanto Halim (89).

"We condemn the vigilante act which led to the death of the car driver, even though the deceased was not a car thief," said Poengky when contacted by reporters, Wednesday, January 26, evening.

Poengky also asked that the perpetrators be processed legally in order to account for their actions.

"The perpetrators of the persecution must be prosecuted to be held accountable for their actions," he said.

According to him, the deadly beating should not have happened and could have been prevented by the police who were at the scene at the time, Jalan Pulo Kambing Raya, Pulogadung Industrial Estate, Cakung, East Jakarta, where the man born in 1933 died lying dead.

Therefore, apart from arresting and imposing severe penalties on the perpetrators, Kompolnas encourages Propam to examine members who were on command patrol at the time of the incident.

"It is necessary to carry out an examination by Propam regarding what the members who were in the car did. Did the members have done enough to prevent the mass tantrums," he said.

Poengky reminded that the task of the police is to maintain security, comfort, and ensure the safety of the public because they are protectors. Of course, so that similar incidents do not happen again, the police must work according to the protocol.

"The application of criminal articles with strict sanctions for the perpetrators needs to be applied as a deterrent effect. In addition, the local police must maximize security patrols," he said.