Komnas HAM Asks Dedi Mulyadi To Review Student Student Naughty At The TNI Barak

JAKARTA - Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Atnike Nova Sigiro said that the West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi's policy regarding problematic students being educated by the TNI needs to be reviewed.

"Actually, it is not the TNI's authority to carry out a picic education. It may be necessary to review what the plan means," said Atnike as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, May 2.

According to him, inviting students to visit certain agencies or institutions in order to teach how, duties, and functions of these agencies and institutions are actually not a problem.

"As career education for students, they know what the TNI's job is, what is the task of the police, what is the task of Komnas HAM is okay," he said.

However, if students are asked to attend certain education, including those related to the military, the policy becomes inappropriate and wrong. Moreover, said Atnike, education was carried out as a form of punishment.

"Oh, yes, please (disguise). It's an extrajudicial process if it's not based on criminal law for minors," said the Chairman of Komnas HAM.

Previously, West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi rolled out a plan to "beat up" problematic students in West Java to be educated in military barracks starting May 2, 2025.

Dedi Mulyadi said the plan was a character education that would begin to be carried out in several areas in West Java which were considered vulnerable, in collaboration with the TNI and Polri.

"It doesn't have to be directly in 27 regencies/cities. We start from areas that are ready and considered vulnerable first, then gradually," said Dedi in a statement in Bandung, Sunday (27/4).

Program participants were chosen based on an agreement between school and parents, with priority for students who were difficult to develop or indicated to be involved in promiscuity or criminal acts.

"For six months, students will be trained in the barracks and do not attend formal schools. The TNI will immediately pick up students to the house to develop their character and behavior," said Dedi.