Komnas HAM Calls North Sumatra Police To Raise Human Confinement Case In Langkat For Investigation This Week

Human cages are like prisons at the house of the Regent of Langkat

JAKARTA - The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) said the North Sumatra Police would raise the status of the human cage case at the house of the Langkat Regent, who was not active.

The increase was made because every data found by Komnas HAM was submitted to the police.

In addition, Komnas HAM has also held a meeting with the North Sumatra Police Chief and his staff to discuss their findings. The meeting was held on Saturday, February 5 last.

"When we got solid information, we immediately gave recommendations to the Regional Police Chief. So we met the Regional Police Chief, his staff immediately shared the data last Saturday," Komnas HAM Commissioner Choirul Anam told reporters at the KPK Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday. February 7th.

"And it will be followed up immediately, hopefully this week an investigation will be carried out. We are monitoring it, the Regional Police have met who because the witness and the victim are also in contact with each other," he added.

Komnas HAM also ensures that all of its findings are valid facts and cannot be easily disproved. The public is asked to be patient and not pressurize regarding the investigation of the findings of the human cage.

Moreover, currently there are still teams running in a number of places. Including in Langkat and Binjai.

"Our team is running, working. They are in Langkat, Binjai, and Medan. There are still teams working there," said Anam.

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 the land belonging to Terbit Plan Warin Angin.

Subsequently, this finding was reported by Migrant Care to Komnas HAM. In their report, they stated that the occupants of the human cage received cruel behavior such as violence, irregular eating, unpaid work while working in the palm oil plantation owned by Terbit Plan Warin Angin and limited access to communication with outsiders.