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JAKARTA (AFP) Indonesian police
commonly beat and torture people in
custody and offer better treatment in
exchange for money and sex, Amnesty
International said in a report released.
The human rights organisation demanded
the Indonesian government acknowledge the
problem and end the culture of impunity
that allows police to act as if they are
above the law in the world's most populous
Muslim-majority country.
The report, "Unfinished Business: Police
Accountability in Indonesia", found that the
police were particularly brutal to the most
vulnerable and marginalised people, such as
drug addicts and women.
"Amnesty International's report shows how
widespread the culture of abuse is among
the Indonesian police force," the
organisation's Asia Pacific deputy director,
Donna Guest, said.
"The police's primary role is to enforce the
law and protect human rights, yet all too
often many police officers behave as if
they are above the law."
The report cited the case of 21-year-old
sex worker Dita, who was arrested in
2006 and described being sexually abused
on the way to the police station.
"I was arrested with five or six other
prostitutes. On the way to (the station)
they were grabbing me and touching me
saying, 'You're so young, why aren't you in
school?'," she was quoted as saying.
At the station the women were told they
could buy their freedom with 100 dollars or
with sex.
"Three of the girls agreed to have sex with
them. I point blank refused to do either. Our
pimps have paid them enough already," she
said.
A buses meted out included shootings,
electric shocks and beatings, sometimes for
days on end, the report said.
"The suspects often received inadequate
medical care for the injuries they received
as a result of torture and other ill
treatment," Amnesty said.
"In some cases detainees had to pay for
treatment after police abused them, and
received inadequate medical care from
police medical institutions."
The report, based on interviews in Indonesia
over two years, said police frequently
sought bribes from detainees in return for
better treatment or lighter sentences.
"At a time when the Indonesian government
and senior police figures have made the
commitment to enhance trust between the
police and the community, the message is
not being translated into practical steps,"
Guest said.
"Too many victims are left without access
to real justice and reparations, thus fuelling
a climate of mistrust towards the police."
Most police do not even know of, let alone
follow, the force's code of conduct which
forbids abuse, she said.
Victims' complaints were not impartially
investigated and opened the plaintiff to
further abuse, especially if they were still in
police custody.
Amnesty recommended the government
acknowledge and condemn the problem but
no police or government officials attended
the launch of the 84-page report.
It is the second report from a major
international rights group to condemn
torture in Indonesia this month.
US-based Human Rights Watch said on
June 5 that torture and abuse of prisoners
in a jail in Indonesia's sensitive Papua region is
"rampant."
The United Nations has reported that
Indonesian police routinely torture and beat
suspects in custody.
Indonesia is a signatory to the UN
Convention Against Torture but it has no
corresponding law against the practice.
The UN special rapporteur for torture
visited Indonesia in 2007 and found that
police used torture as a "routine practice in
Jakarta and other metropolitan areas of
Java".
A decade of political and institutional reform
after the fall of the military-backed
Suharto regime in 1998 has not left its
mark on the police and prison system,
analysts say.
--
Indonesia police abuse 'ongoing'
Indonesian police are accused of demanding
bribes and sex
Indonesian police are still frequently involved
in the torture and other abuse of
suspects, a new report by Amnesty
International says.
The organisation says some cases are
directly linked to attempts by police to
obtain bribes or sex from prisoners in
return for better treatment.
Women, drug addicts and sex workers are
among the most vulnerable.
Amnesty says attempts in the last decade
to make police more accountable have not
stopped widespread abuse.
The London-based human rights
organisation says some of the abuses
involve shootings, electric shocks and
beatings.
'Loved not feared'
Police spokesman Abubakar Nataprawira
defended the record of the police, saying:
"By 2010 we aim to be an institution loved,
and not feared, by the people."
The police say restructuring of the force is
still in progress, and that there is a
mechanism in place to punish officers who
take bribes.
But Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific
deputy director, Donna Guest, said the new
report showed that abuse was widespread
and there was a culture of impunity among
the police.
"The police's primary role is to enforce the
law and protect human rights, yet all too
often many police officers behave as if
they are above the law," she said.
"At a time when the Indonesian government
and senior police figures have made the
commitment to enhance trust between the
police and the community, the message is
not being translated into practical steps,"
she said.
One prostitute quoted in the Amnesty
report said that after being arrested along
with other sex workers in 2006, she was
sexually abused on the way to the police
station. Once there, she said, the police told
them they could buy their freedom with
money or sex.
"Three of the girls agreed to have sex with
them. I point blank refused to do either. Our
pimps have paid them enough already," she
said.
The BBC's Jakarta correspondent Karishma
Vaswani says Indonesia's police force was
previously part of the country's powerful
military. But it was separated from the
army in 1999, when the military lost much
of its influence because of Indonesia's
transformation to democratic rule.
Torture 'widespread' by Indonesia Police: Amnesty
=============================
Money and Sex, eh?
Yeah right, I see why they try to ban Hijab
commonly beat and torture people in
custody and offer better treatment in
exchange for money and sex, Amnesty
International said in a report released.
The human rights organisation demanded
the Indonesian government acknowledge the
problem and end the culture of impunity
that allows police to act as if they are
above the law in the world's most populous
Muslim-majority country.
The report, "Unfinished Business: Police
Accountability in Indonesia", found that the
police were particularly brutal to the most
vulnerable and marginalised people, such as
drug addicts and women.
"Amnesty International's report shows how
widespread the culture of abuse is among
the Indonesian police force," the
organisation's Asia Pacific deputy director,
Donna Guest, said.
"The police's primary role is to enforce the
law and protect human rights, yet all too
often many police officers behave as if
they are above the law."
The report cited the case of 21-year-old
sex worker Dita, who was arrested in
2006 and described being sexually abused
on the way to the police station.
"I was arrested with five or six other
prostitutes. On the way to (the station)
they were grabbing me and touching me
saying, 'You're so young, why aren't you in
school?'," she was quoted as saying.
At the station the women were told they
could buy their freedom with 100 dollars or
with sex.
"Three of the girls agreed to have sex with
them. I point blank refused to do either. Our
pimps have paid them enough already," she
said.
A buses meted out included shootings,
electric shocks and beatings, sometimes for
days on end, the report said.
"The suspects often received inadequate
medical care for the injuries they received
as a result of torture and other ill
treatment," Amnesty said.
"In some cases detainees had to pay for
treatment after police abused them, and
received inadequate medical care from
police medical institutions."
The report, based on interviews in Indonesia
over two years, said police frequently
sought bribes from detainees in return for
better treatment or lighter sentences.
"At a time when the Indonesian government
and senior police figures have made the
commitment to enhance trust between the
police and the community, the message is
not being translated into practical steps,"
Guest said.
"Too many victims are left without access
to real justice and reparations, thus fuelling
a climate of mistrust towards the police."
Most police do not even know of, let alone
follow, the force's code of conduct which
forbids abuse, she said.
Victims' complaints were not impartially
investigated and opened the plaintiff to
further abuse, especially if they were still in
police custody.
Amnesty recommended the government
acknowledge and condemn the problem but
no police or government officials attended
the launch of the 84-page report.
It is the second report from a major
international rights group to condemn
torture in Indonesia this month.
US-based Human Rights Watch said on
June 5 that torture and abuse of prisoners
in a jail in Indonesia's sensitive Papua region is
"rampant."
The United Nations has reported that
Indonesian police routinely torture and beat
suspects in custody.
Indonesia is a signatory to the UN
Convention Against Torture but it has no
corresponding law against the practice.
The UN special rapporteur for torture
visited Indonesia in 2007 and found that
police used torture as a "routine practice in
Jakarta and other metropolitan areas of
Java".
A decade of political and institutional reform
after the fall of the military-backed
Suharto regime in 1998 has not left its
mark on the police and prison system,
analysts say.
--
Indonesia police abuse 'ongoing'
Indonesian police are accused of demanding
bribes and sex
Indonesian police are still frequently involved
in the torture and other abuse of
suspects, a new report by Amnesty
International says.
The organisation says some cases are
directly linked to attempts by police to
obtain bribes or sex from prisoners in
return for better treatment.
Women, drug addicts and sex workers are
among the most vulnerable.
Amnesty says attempts in the last decade
to make police more accountable have not
stopped widespread abuse.
The London-based human rights
organisation says some of the abuses
involve shootings, electric shocks and
beatings.
'Loved not feared'
Police spokesman Abubakar Nataprawira
defended the record of the police, saying:
"By 2010 we aim to be an institution loved,
and not feared, by the people."
The police say restructuring of the force is
still in progress, and that there is a
mechanism in place to punish officers who
take bribes.
But Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific
deputy director, Donna Guest, said the new
report showed that abuse was widespread
and there was a culture of impunity among
the police.
"The police's primary role is to enforce the
law and protect human rights, yet all too
often many police officers behave as if
they are above the law," she said.
"At a time when the Indonesian government
and senior police figures have made the
commitment to enhance trust between the
police and the community, the message is
not being translated into practical steps,"
she said.
One prostitute quoted in the Amnesty
report said that after being arrested along
with other sex workers in 2006, she was
sexually abused on the way to the police
station. Once there, she said, the police told
them they could buy their freedom with
money or sex.
"Three of the girls agreed to have sex with
them. I point blank refused to do either. Our
pimps have paid them enough already," she
said.
The BBC's Jakarta correspondent Karishma
Vaswani says Indonesia's police force was
previously part of the country's powerful
military. But it was separated from the
army in 1999, when the military lost much
of its influence because of Indonesia's
transformation to democratic rule.
Torture 'widespread' by Indonesia Police: Amnesty
=============================
Money and Sex, eh?
Yeah right, I see why they try to ban Hijab
