The Human Rights Commission Handed Over 16 Items As Evidence Of 6 Islamic Defenders Front Troops Case

Komnas HAM Commissioner for Monitoring and Investigation Choirul Anam (Photo: Twitter @KomnasHAM)

JAKARTA - The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) officially handed over the evidence of the case 6 Laskar Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) to the Indonesian National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri). At least 16 pieces of evidence were submitted.

"There are 16 items, there are various things starting from this (package) which we tested ballistics with the minutes, we will provide and various other findings related to the 16 items", said the National Human Rights Investigation Team Chairman, Choirul Anam to reporters, Tuesday, February 16.

Of the dozens of pieces of evidence, some of which were findings at the scene of the incident, such as bullets and fragments of the car body. In addition, some digital evidence was submitted.

"There are several sound recordings, some of which we have described, there are also Jasamarga videos. Some of the videos that we have investigated, we'll continue with the rest later because it is so many, there are 9.942 videos and there are 130.000 camera captures. Technically, there are no external hard disks yet. So that later, we propose not to investigate them here", he explained.

The delivery of the evidence, said Anam, was necessary for the purpose of investigation. So, handling the case can be the maximum way

"Why do we submit them? Because this is in the interest of implementing the recommendations from the National Human Rights Commission, especially for law enforcement. So indeed from the letter we received from the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency, it follows up on the recommendations from the National Human Rights Commission. This joint commitment will be followed up maximally and seriously. And we hope so", he explained.

Meanwhile, the Director of General Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency, General Andi Rian said he would use this evidence. Later, the evidence will be sorted according to their needs.

"Today we have watched together. The follow-up of our request a few days ago has been carried out, we, the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency investigators have received the submission of some evidence related to the incident at KM 50, we have received it and we will immediately study it, we will sort it out, the goal is to find a way out for the investigation of the events", he said