Prisoners In Yogyakarta Allegedly Experienced Torture, Komnas HAM Will Visit Lapas

Commissioner for Monitoring and Investigation of Komnas HAM Mohammad Choirul Anam/ Antara

JAKARTA - The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) will visit the Yogyakarta Class IIA Narcotics Correctional Institution (Lapas) to further investigate the alleged torture of prisoners.

"This week we will come directly to Yogyakarta and dig up various information so that what really happened can be made clear," said Komnas HAM Commissioner for Monitoring and Investigation Mohammad Choirul Anam in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Monday, November 8.

Anam said the direct visit to the Yogyakarta Class IIA Narcotics Prison would simultaneously synchronize various information provided by the Head of the Regional Office (Kanwil) of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) DIYogyakarta Budi Argap Situngkir to Kommas HAM.

"Pak Budi as the Head of the Regional Office of the Kemenkumham DIYogyakarta came actively to Komnas HAM, we should appreciate this," said Anam.

At the meeting between the Head of the Regional Office of the Kemenkumham DIYogyakarta and the commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission, various data were presented. However, the data and information disclosed are still of a general nature.

The information includes how the series of alleged cases of torture or violence occurred, how it took place, and what steps or actions have been taken, he said.

"What is interesting is the attitude of openness of friends from the Kemenkumham DI Yogyakarta Regional Office in this case," he said. .

Previously, according to Anam, there was no place for anyone who committed acts of inhumanity or degrading human dignity related to allegations of torture at the Class IIA Narcotics Prison in Yogyakarta.

"The detailed story that we got was far from the guiding principle," he said.