Revealing The Veil Of Human Cages In Langkat, Tomorrow Komnas HAM Examines Inactive Regents Issues Plans

A cage at the Langkat Regent's house (Photo: DOK VOI)

JAKARTA - The chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Ahmad Taufan Damanik confirmed that his party will examine the Regent of Langkat Inactive, the Warrant Wind Plan is published on Monday, February 7th.

This examination is related to the findings of human cages at the residence of the corruption suspect. The examination will be carried out at the KPK detention house.

"We will ask for information. Hopefully on Monday we will check this TRP brother (Terbit)," said Taufan in a virtual discussion, Sunday, February 6.

Taufan revealed that one of the examination materials later on was confirmation of the number of people who had been placed in the cage by Langkat.

"What we get is hundreds, but when there is one video that Mr. TRP is interviewing, he mentions thousands," said Taufan.

Previously, said Taufan, Komnas HAM had received information from victims of alleged violence who inhabited the human cage. As a result, there is an acknowledgment that there is a practice of human exploitation.

In fact, Komnas HAM found the fact that there was one victim who died while inhabiting the human cage.

"There are practices of violence, exploitation, employing people without a system, that also happens. That's what we see, indeed, there are many problems," he said.

As previously reported, the existence of a human cage suspected of being a form of slavery at the home of the inactive Langkat Regent Terbit Angin Angin was revealed after the KPK came there to carry out a hand arrest operation (OTT).

Instead of finding Terbit, the KPK team found a number of people confined in an iron cage. At that time they claimed to be oil palm workers on Terbit's land.

Subsequently, these findings were reported by Migrant Care to Komnas HAM. Based on community reports, they stated that the occupants of the human cages received cruel behavior such as violence, irregular eating, not getting paid while working in Terbit's oil palm plantation and limited access to communication with outsiders.