Three Years Passed, The Families Of The Victims Of The Village Head Urges Komnas HAM To Set Serious Human Rights Violations

Keluarga korban Kanjuruhan di Mabes Polri/ Foto: ISt

JAKARTA - Rizal Putra Pratama, a resident of Tumpang, Malang Regency, who lost his father and two younger siblings in the Kanjuruhan tragedy, along with seven other families of victims came to Jakarta to demand justice that never came. It has been three years since the dark tragedy at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, but the families of the victims have not been satisfied with justice. Rizal hopes that Komnas HAM will establish the tragedy as a serious human rights violation so that justice can be upheld. He assessed that the state seems to let this case drag on. If this problem has not been resolved, there will be a new problem that accumulates and sinks this tragedy. Don't let a similar tragedy be repeated,' said Rizal at the National Police Headquarters, Thursday, October 2. Rizal said, the verdict against the five convicts was judged not to have touched the main actors who should be responsible for. Giving restitution, Rizal continued, was deemed not to reflect the values of the lives of the victims. The group of the families of victims accompanied by LBH Surabaya Pos Malang, YLBHI, and Kontras.

Daniel Alexander Siagian from LBH Surabaya Pos Malang, questioned the clarity of the legal process to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police. According to him, the B model report related to the alleged premeditated murder at the Malang Police ran aground because the legal element was deemed not fulfilled.

The latest report, said Daniel, targets parties who have not been touched by the law, such as PSSI, PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB), and a number of police personnel. Daniel emphasized that so far only lower-level officers have been charged with the law, even though strategic control is in the hands of the top. "We also met with Komnas HAM to collect a review of alleged gross human rights violations in the Kanjuruhan Tragedy," said Daniel.