KontraS Value Of Information Flow Of Shooting 6 Laskar Followers Of Rizieq Shihab Still Monopolized

JAKARTA - The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) assesses that the information flow of the shooting case of six soldiers, followers of Rizieq Shihab, is still not in one direction. Information is still dominated by one party.

Even the Coordinator of KontraS, Fatia Maulidiyanti, said that the police had a monopoly on the information on this case because they suspected that there was arbitrariness in the use of firearms. This is due to the lack of information regarding the complete chronology of the shooting incident.

"In the context of the death of 6 people who were accompanying Rizieq Shihab, members of the police arbitrarily used firearms because they were not accompanied by open access to the light by monopolizing information on the cause of the incident," said Fatia in a written statement, Tuesday, December 8.

Moreover, the police statement differs from the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). The police said the shooting was suspected because the soldiers were said to have had firearms and sharp weapons. However, FPI denied that its staff had weapons.

This, said Fatia, shows that there are still many members of the National Police who violate the principles of urgency and proportionality as stated in Article 3 of Perkap Number 1 of 2009 and Article 48 of Perkap Number 8 of 2009.

The arbitrary use of weapons by members of the National Police has also neglected the community's right to equality before the law, as in Article 4 of Law Number 39 Year 1999.

"Regarding the death of these 6 people, we indicate the practice of extrajudicial killing or unlawful killing in the incident," said Fatia.

"Moreover, based on the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Official, the use of firearms is only allowed for the purpose of incapacitating not killing," he continued.

Therefore, Fatia said that KontraS urged the National Police Chief General Idham Aziz to carry out an open and fair legal process against members of the police who were proven to have shot the victims.

"The National Police Chief must also ensure that there is no pressure and threat either physically or psychologically against the victim which aims to stop the legal process and the internal accountability of the Police," he concluded.