Amnesty wants impartial probe of Indonesia police violence
Posted June 26, 2019 4:12 am.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Amnesty International is calling for an independent investigation into allegations of police brutality and unlawful killings during post-election riots in the Indonesian capital last month.
The rights organization said Wednesday it has credible evidence of a range of grave violations by paramilitary police.
Nine people died in what police said were orchestrated riots in Jakarta after official results released May 21 confirmed Joko Widodo was re-elected president with 55.5% of the vote.
Police have acknowledged disproportionate violence by some officers after a video showed 10 members of the paramilitary police beating and kicking a man in a Jakarta neighbourhood.
Amnesty International said at least four other men were beaten in the same incident and one was so badly injured he was admitted to an intensive care unit.
The Associated Press
