The Attorney General's Office Names One Suspect In Paniai's Serious Human Rights Violation Case

JAKARTA - The Investigating Prosecutor of the Directorate of Serious Human Rights Violations of the Attorney General's Office has named one person as a suspect in a case of gross human rights violations that occurred in Paniai, Papua, in 2014.

"One suspect has been named, namely IS," said the Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information, Ketut Sumedana, quoted by Antara, Friday, April 1.

As promised, the Attorney General's Office released the determination of the suspect in the case of gross human rights violations in Paniai in early April. IS was named a suspect based on the Order of the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia Number: Print-79/A/JA/12/2021 dated December 3, 2021 and Number: Print-19/A/Fh.1/02/2022 dated February 4, 2022 which was stipulated by the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia as investigator.

According to Ketut, investigators have managed to collect evidence in accordance with Article 183 juchto Article 184 of the Criminal Code so as to make it clear that there were incidents of gross human rights violations in Paniai in 2014 in the form of murder and persecution as referred to in Article 9 letters a and h juchto Article 7 letter b of Law Number 26 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court.

Incidents of gross human rights violations that occur due to the absence of effective control from military commanders who are de jure and/or de facto under their power and control, and do not prevent or stop the actions of their troops and also do not hand over the perpetrators to the competent authorities for investigation. , investigation and prosecution, as referred to in Article 42 paragraph (1) of Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court.

"This incident resulted in the fall of victims, namely four people died and 21 people were injured," said Ketut.

The IS suspect is known to be from the TNI institution. Investigators ensnared the suspect with multiple layers of articles, namely Article 42 paragraph (1) jo. Article 9 letter a jo. Article 7 letter b of Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the Court of Human Rights.

Then, Article 40 jo. Article 9 letter h jo. Article 7 letter b of Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the Court of Human Rights.

The Paniai incident occurred on December 8, 2014. When civilians were protesting about the beating of the TNI officers against youths at Karel Gobai Square, Enarotali, Paniai.

The Paniai incident is one of 13 cases of gross human rights violations that have been investigated by Komnas HAM.