Will The DPD Candidate In Bengkulu Belitung During Friday Prayers, LPSK Ready To Give Protection

Screenshot of Deputy Chairperson of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) Maneger Nasution. ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) confirmed that it was ready to protect Rahiman Dani, a prospective DPD RI candidate who was the victim of a shooting by an unknown person in Bengkulu on Friday last week. "LPSK is ready if there are applications in accordance with applicable laws and regulations," said Deputy Chairperson of LPSK RI Maneger Nasution in a written statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Thursday, February 9. Strictly speaking, LPSK strongly condemns the shooting incident that occurred when the victim was about to perform Friday prayers and was still at his residence, namely in Pematang Village, the Governor of Muara Bangkahulu District, Bengkulu City. He stated that the action was very inhumane, so the police should immediately thoroughly investigate the case in a professional, independent and transparent manner. This includes arresting any intellectual actor or executor of a shooting incident. Then, reveal to the public along with the motive because the victim and the public have the right to know. "The state must not lose and give space to the perpetrators of the murder. The state must also be present to ensure that the same incident does not happen again in the future," he said. Furthermore, LPSK urges the wider community not to be easily provoked or take legal action against themselves and should bring confidence that the police can resolve the shooting case in a professional, transparent and imparial manner. This is of course in line with the hope that the disclosure of the case will not take too long to anticipate the emergence of a pessimistic attitude and mutual suspicion in society. Maneger explained that LPSK encourages various related parties including the National Human Rights Commission and Kompolnas to use their mandates to monitor or supervise the investigation of the shooting case. "Similarly, law enforcers should be able to give appropriate punishment to intellectual actors and perpetrators of murder for deterrence," he said.