Kalapas In North Sulawesi Forces Muslim Prisoners To Eat Dog Meat To Be Removed

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JAKARTA - Minister of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas) Agus Andrianto said the head of the Enemawira Correctional Institution (Kalapas), North Sulawesi (Sulut) initials CS, who allegedly forced Muslim prisoners to eat dog meat, had been removed from his position.

"We have removed it. We are in the process that since we received information about four days ago, we have been removed from our positions," Agus said when met in Jakarta, Wednesday, was confiscated by Antara.

Agus said further examination of CS is still ongoing, along with the code of ethics trial.

Based on the interim examination, the coercion occurred at a party. "We are still examining this, the reason is that they are having a birthday party, but we will check. The point is we do not tolerate things like that," he said.

Previously, the Head of the Correctional Cooperation Sub-Directorate of the Directorate General of Corrections (Ditjenpas) of the Ministry of Imipas Rika Aprianti explained that CS had been questioned by the Regional Office of the North Sulawesi Ditjenpas on November 27, 2025.

"On that same day, CS was disabled from his position and then appointed to the Head of the Enemawira Headquarters," said Rika, Tuesday, December 2.

The day after, Ditjenpas issued an examination order and a code of ethics trial against CS. The trial was held by the Ditjenpas Internal Compliance Directorate Team at the Ditjenpas Building, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 2.

"Ditjenpas will impose sanctions in accordance with applicable regulations, if the results of the examination and trial of the code of ethics against CS are proven to have committed the violations in question," he said.

Regarding the suspicion that the Head of the Enemawira Headquarters, North Sulawesi, with the initials CS, forced inmates to eat non-halal food, this was revealed by a member of Commission XIII DPR RI Mafirion.

Mafirion reminded that the prohibition of discriminatory actions and blasphemy of religion has been regulated in Articles 156, 156a, 335, 351 of the Criminal Code. "The rules in the Criminal Code expressly state that acts of insult or demeaning religion can be sentenced to a maximum of up to five years," he said.

CS's actions are also considered to have violated Law Number 39 of 1999 concerning Human Rights.

He said forcing someone to do something that was contrary to their belief was a violation of human dignity.

"We cannot allow a citizen to be treated like this. Even though he is an inmate, he still has human rights that must be protected. Don't just say he is an inmate, Kalapas can arbitrarily commit violations. Don't tolerate things like this," said Mafirion.