JAKARTA - The Investigating Prosecutor's Team of the Directorate of Serious Human Rights Violations at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office has examined witnesses in the case of alleged gross violations of Human Rights in the incident in Paniai, Papua in 2014.
The Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, said that as many as 40 witnesses had been examined since the investigation until March 4, 2022.
"40 witnesses were examined, namely 18 witnesses from the TNI element, 16 witnesses from the Polri element and six witnesses from the civilian element," said Ketut in a written statement quoted by Antara, Friday, March 4.
In addition, the investigating prosecutor team also examined four experts consisting of forensic laboratory experts and legal audit experts. 2022. "And has also conducted an examination of military experts," said Ketut.
Investigation of cases of alleged serious human rights violations in Paniai, Papua Province in 2014, based on the Investigation Order of the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia Number: Prin-79/A/JA/12/2021 dated December 3, 2021 and Number: Prin-19/A/ Fh.1/03/2022 February 4, 2022.
According to him, the investigation is meant to find evidence to prove in court as alleged, namely the alleged gross human rights violation in the 2014 incident in Paniai Papua, which is alleged to have violated Article 42 paragraph 1 jo. Article 9 letter a, h jo. Article 7 letter b of Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the Court of Human Rights.
The Paniai incident is one of 13 cases of gross human rights violations that have been investigated by Komnas HAM.
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD explained that nine cases of gross human rights violations that occurred before 2000 were resolved through the Ad Hoc Human Rights Court at the suggestion of the Indonesian Parliament.
As for the three cases other than Paniai which occurred after the enactment of Law Number 26 Year 2000, Mahfud said, they are still being studied. The three are the Wasior Incident (2001), the Wamena Incident (2003), and the Jambo Keupok Incident (2003).
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