The Muhammad Kece Persecution Case: Bonaparte's Unfading Influence And The Classic Problem Of Cell Control

JAKARTA - The suspect in the alleged blasphemy case, Muhammad Kece, reported acts of persecution allegedly carried out by Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte. Indeed, this case of abuse in the cell is a classic problem. In addition to the influence of the position of the alleged perpetrator, this kind of cowboy action will only last forever in detention. How long do you want?

In the police report (LP) registered with the prison numbered LP: 0510/VIII/2021/Bareskrim made on August 26, 2021, Muhammad Kece explained that his body and face were covered with human excrement and beaten by Napoleon Bonaparte. Therefore he made a report on behalf of Muhammad Kosman.

In order to persecute Muhammad Kece, Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte replaced the lock of Muhammad Kece's prison cell with another prisoner. That way, he was able to enter Muhammad Kece's detention cell. This was stated directly by the Criminal Investigation Police.

"The standard locks for the victim's cell room were replaced," said Brigadier General Andi Rian Djajadi. According to the news, the lock of Muhammad Kece's prison cell was replaced with a cell from the 'Head of RT' at the detention center. The 'RT head' in question is allegedly a prisoner in charge of other detainees.

In addition, it is also known that Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte invited three other prisoners to persecute Muhammad Kece. One of the three detainees is a suspect associated with the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). The other two detainees are suspects in land cases.

"One of them is a prisoner in a case involving the former (former) FPI organization," said the Director of General Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Andi Rian on September 21, as reported by VOI.

Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte is suspected of using his rank to overcome the supervision of prison officers during an act of persecution against Muhammad Kece. To prove this allegation, the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police examined four guard officers.

In addition, the National Police is also preparing a code of ethics trial for Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte. The ethical trial was a follow-up to the 4-year prison sentence for the case of removing red notices and DPOs on Immigration.

"The Police Code of Ethics Commission has prepared an Ethics Commission hearing against Inspector General NB," said Head of the National Police Propam Division Inspector General Ferdy Sambo in his statement, Monday, September 20. After reporting the abuse, Napoleon Bonaparte wrote an open letter. In the letter, he admitted his actions and stated the reason for beating Muhammad Kece.

"Regarding the confusion of information about the persecution of Kece, I can explain," said Napoleon Bonaparte, in the letter. Napoleon explained that he was a Muslim. He is of the view that no one should insult his religion.

"Anyone can insult me, but not against my Allah, the Koran, the Prophet Muhammad and my Islamic faith. Therefore, I swear that I will take any measured action against anyone who dares to do it," he said.

Napoleon also stated that Muhammad Kece's actions were very dangerous because they damaged the unity and harmony of religious communities in Indonesia. At the end of the letter, Napoleon stated his readiness to take responsibility for the persecution case.

"I will be responsible for all my actions against Kece, whatever the risk," explained Napoleon.

Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte is not the first time to use and abuse his position. He is currently in jail for accepting bribes for Djoko Tjandra's red notice.

Napoleon was proven to have accepted bribes amounting to 200,000 Singapore dollars and 370 thousand United States (US) dollars from Djoko Tjandra. The money was a bribe so that Napoleon could remove Djoko Tjandra from the immigration system's wanted list.

The removal of Djoko Tjandra, who is a fugitive from the cessie Bank Bali corruption case, from the red notice allows Djoko Tjandra to enter Indonesia to register a pretrial. As a result, Napoleon was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

In addition, Napoleon was also sentenced to a fine of Rp. 100 million, a subsidiary of 6 months in prison. But Napoleon denied taking bribes. "I'd rather die than the dignity of my family being abused like this, I reject the judge's decision and appeal," he said after reading the verdict at the Jakarta Corruption Court, on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

Now it is alleged that Napoleon again abused his influence in order to carry out acts of beating his fellow prisoners. However, if examined better, the beating case by Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte could have been prevented if the surveillance system in the detention center had worked well.

Researchers from ICJR Iftitahsari explained, we still have problems regarding the placement of prisoners. The detention cells are full, mixed between police detainees and the Ministry of Law and Security, making the detention cells exceed their capacity. More capacity makes monitoring more difficult. Therefore, cases of such beatings were unavoidable.

"Because of overcrowding and some were placed in police detention centers when they should be at the Ministry of Law and Security. Our criticism is that there is no good supervision, the system is different from that applied by the Ministry of Law and Security. Indeed, there is an issue that prisons under the Indonesian National Police still lack security," said Iftitahsari , when contacted by VOI.

The root of the problem in prisons in Indonesia is indeed the supervision and monitoring that is still not working. If the prison officers or supervisors worked professionally and had good mechanisms, these beatings should have been prevented.

"Things like that can actually be prevented. Overcrowding also causes supervision that is not optimal. Supervisors are not proportional to the number of prisoners," explained Iftitahsari.

If you look at whether it was Bonaparte's influence that caused him to easily beat him, it could be yes or no. This is because we all hear quite often cases of convicts who abuse or beat in prisons.

The perpetrators are not only people who have influence. Even ordinary convicts, can be abused or beaten. Returning to the previous point, this is due to inadequate supervision.

"Actually, the problem that is more deeply rooted is the system. From the very beginning, we basically didn't have a good system in monitoring prisoners. Whether he actually had an effect or not, even events (beatings) like that happened too. Ordinary people can also do this, " said Iftitahsari.

The beating by Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte of a fellow inmate, Muhammad Kece, is a few of the many unknown cases. If this case is not to be repeated, the Government of Indonesia should further challenge the supervision system in prisons. Not to mention the problem of overcapacity of the detention center which makes the already weak supervision system weaker.

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