Suspected Of Participating In Police Persecution, 3 OUR Volunteers In West Java Become Suspects

Head of West Java Regional Police, Kombes Erdi A Chaniago (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The West Java Regional Police's Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) has appointed three unscrupulous volunteers from the Coalition for the Action to Save Indonesia (KAMI) as new suspects.

They were made suspects in a case of alleged police abuse during a demonstration against the Job Creation Law at the West Java DPRD.

Head of West Java Regional Police Head of Humas, Kombes Erdi A. Chaniago, said that the three people appointed were the result of the examination of six US officials who had the status of witnesses.

"The results of the investigation showed that three more people (suspects) were arrested and detained yesterday," Erdi said at the West Java Regional Police, Bandung City, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, October 21.

Erdi explained that the three suspects had the initials IR (37), MYR (23), and URJ (24). One of them, he said, is a student and the other two are private employees.

According to Erdi, the three people were suspected of being involved in the beating up of police officers causing head injuries and required medical treatment.

Previously the police had also named seven suspects in the case of the police officers' abuse. Thus, according to him, as many as 10 people have been named as suspects.

"In total there were 10 suspects, six were detained, four were not detained but were required to report," he said.

For new and previous suspects, Erdi said, the police charged under Article 170 and Article 351 of the Criminal Code with the threat of sentences of up to five years in prison.