Langkat Regent Admits There Is A Human Cage In His House Who Died

Komnas HAM Commissioner Choirul Anam (left) gives a statement at the KPK Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta/PHOTO: WARDHANY TSA TSIA-VOI

JAKARTA - The regent of Langkat has issued a War Plan for the Wind, admitting that a human in his house has died. This recognition was conveyed by the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) after examining the publication of the Wind War Plan today.

"I'm not talking about the number of people, but that some have died (admitted, ed)," Komnas HAM Commissioner Choirul Anam told reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, February 7.

Apart from that, there was another thing that was also acknowledged by Published in the examination. However, Anam did not want to go into further detail about what the regent acknowledged.

"There is one more thing that we cannot convey but it has been well confirmed. We are also in the process, we sent a letter to an institution, and it turns out that the information is firm, the name is firm, several names have been confirmed," he said.

Returning to the occupants who died, the Wind War Plan was published, said Anam, saying that they would certainly be buried. However, details on whether the occupants were returned to their families or buried immediately were not conveyed further.

In addition, Anam also said that this resident died not after a month in the cage. But, a week later.

"In some news it is stated (the occupant, ed) died after one month. No. The truth is that he died after seven days, it was firm," he said.

"Why firm, because we asked and then checked with fellow family members when it was delivered, when the body was received, we finally found it in a week. We cross check again, is it true or not a week? That's right, what on the first day, what on the second day," added Anam.

As previously reported, the existence of human cages suspected of being a form of slavery at the house of the inactive Langkat Regent Terbit Plan Warin Angin was revealed after the KPK came there to carry out a hand arrest operation (OTT). Instead of finding Terbit, the KPK team actually found a number of people confined in an iron cage. At that time, they claimed to be oil palm workers on the land belonging to Terbit Planning Warin Angin. Subsequently, this finding was reported by Migrant Care to Komnas HAM. In their report, they stated that the occupants of the human cage received cruel behavior such as violence, irregular eating, unpaid work while working in the palm oil plantation owned by Terbit Plan Warin Angin and limited access to communication with outsiders.