The Story Of Machica Mochtar's Son Arrested By Officials And Beaten During A Demonstration At The DPR RI Building

The son of senior singer Machica Mochtar, Iqbal Ramadhan/ Photo: Jehan/VOI

JAKARTA - Iqbal Ramadhan (28), son of senior singer Machica Mochtar, shared the story when he was arrested by the TNI-Polri apparatus during a demonstration in front of the DPR RI building, Central Jakarta, Thursday, August 22, yesterday.

The incident began when a riot occurred on the side fence of the DPR gate, which had broken down, at around 15.00 WIB.

Iqbal admitted that he tried to look closely, because he thought that a friend had entered the DPR page.

When I just jumped into the courtyard of the DPR building, suddenly there was a stone throwing between the two parties. I secured myself to the left, "rich Iqbal to reporters at Polda Metro Jaya, Friday, August 23.

"I thought, when I threw stones between the two parties, I thought it was impossible for me to run away again in that direction (mass), it would hit my head with a rock," he continued.

Then, Iqbal approached one of the officers wearing thugs to ask for help, so that he could get out of the courtyard of the DPR building.

'Sir, please help me, I want to get out, I'm afraid of throwing stones'. 'It's okay, you just walk.' Then, I said, 'Sir, I'm better here than I'm there, I'm afraid I'll be hit by a stone, wrong target'. At the same time, I saw my friend who I thought was his stature, he was being arrested, told to squat, there was another intimidation,' he said.

Not long after, he was visited by the authorities again, then asked him to squat down. Then he asked himself to open the trousers used at the time of the incident.

"Open my pants, then I forgot. Finally, someone pulled my hair from behind tightly," he said.

"Then my head was hit with a bat with a striped shirt. Then, my head was hit, after that my ear was hit once. Yes, I said, 'don't use violence!'. Not long after, his feet hit my face," he added.

At the time of the incident, he admitted that he had asked the authorities for forgiveness so that they would not continue to be beaten.

"Then I said, 'Sir, it hurts sir'. Finally, I woke up, 'yes, come with me'," he said.

Along the way to the police post, Iqbal continued, he was often beaten by officers, in several parts from the stomach to the face.

"I got a lot of violence. My stomach was hit, my face was hit again," he said.

Iqbal has now been released after his parents, Machica Mochtar, came to the Polda Metro Jaya. Machica told reporters that Iqbal would be taken to the hospital for medical examination due to the abuse.

However, Machica has no plans to report the violence to the authorities.