Komnas HAM Questioned 30 Police Officers Regarding The Shooting Of 6 FPI Soldiers On The Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road

Projectiles on display by Komnas HAM (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - Komnas HAM Deputy Commissioner Beka Ulung Hapsari said that his party investigated about 30 police officers who were suspected of having knowledge of the shooting of six Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) troops on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road on Monday, December 7.

"There are more than 30 people (police, ed)," Beka told reporters at the Komnas HAM Office, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Monday, December 28.

Dozens of police, he said, consisted of various teams such as the forensic team, autopsy, and various other members including the Jakarta Police Chief, Inspector General Fadil Imran, who had also been questioned by the Komnas HAM team.

In an effort to investigate this case, Beka said that his party had conducted examinations on a number of parties including FPI, Jasa Marga, and witnesses from community elements who were suspected of having knowledge of the shooting incident.

The witnesses who were being examined, he continued, could be re-examined in the future to study the findings of evidence in the field.

"Until now, we still consider the information to continue to develop. "It does not rule out the possibility to examine or provide additional information from the parties, including from the FPI, the Police, Jasa Marga, and other parties," he said.

Furthermore, Beka also said that this week it would conduct an examination and ask for information from experts. The team of experts who will be called is the ballistics team to examine several findings of items in the field, including the findings of projectiles and bullet casings found around KM 50 of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road.

"Starting this week we will ask for expert information. Ballistics experts to talk about the bullet including the composition of metals. We see there is damage in the car," he said.

Meanwhile, regarding the conclusion, Beka confirmed that Komnas HAM has not released the results of the investigation of the shooting case. So, if in the future a conclusion that is claimed by Komnas HAM can be ascertained it is fake news.

"Until now, Komnas HAM has never conveyed a conclusion. So if there are people, or social media who convey the conclusion of the findings of the Komnas HAM investigation regarding the death of six FPI members, this is confirmed to be a lie," he said.

As previously reported, this incident occurred at around 00.30 WIB Monday, December 7 in the morning.

Initially, the Head of the Metro Jaya Regional Police, Inspector General Fadil Imran, said that the police received news that a mass of supporters of Rizieq Shihab would be deployed in connection with an investigation called Inspector General Fadil circulating in many WhatsApp groups. The Regional Police then conducted an investigation into the correctness of the information and followed the vehicle Rizieq was in.

Furthermore, on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, Fadil said the officers' vehicles were intercepted and then attacked using firearms and sharp weapons.

"Members who were threatened with their safety because they were attacked, then took a firm measure of measure, so that the group suspected of being MRS followers, totaling 10, died as many as 6 people," said Fadil.

However, this was denied by the FPI Spokesperson, Munarman. Munarman emphasized that Rizieq had traveled to attend recitation at the residence of his immediate family.

"The news is slander. Habib Rizieq is heading outside Jakarta to attend the nuclear family recitation. I do not want to mention where it is. This is only a nuclear family recitation, it does not involve any parties," said Munarman.

He also denied that Rizieq's followers had firearms. Therefore, Munarman emphasized that no shootout was carried out by the police and members of the laskar.