Suara.com – Passed away Hendri Alfreet Bakari alias Otong, a Batam resident, after allegedly getting it torture from the police apparatus added a dark note in the law enforcement process.
For this reason, President Joko Widodo or Jokowi and the DPR have been urged to revise the Criminal Procedure Code and the criminal procedure system which eliminates the possibility of persecution.
Hendri’s story made wounds especially for his family.
Arrested by the police for a drug case on August 6, 2020, his life actually disappeared two days later on suspicion of being tortured by the authorities who arrested him, namely from Barelang Police, Batam.
Sadly, Hendri’s departure left bruises all over his body. Even his head was wrapped in plastic duct tape just by reason of the Covid-19 health protocol.
In fact, the family understands very well that the condition for the body to be buried according to the health protocol is completely wrapped around the body so that the virus does not spread.
“The death of Hendri Alfreet Bakari alias Otong at the Barelang Police, Batam adds to the long line of evidence of alleged torture committed by law enforcement officials during the legal process at the initial stage of the investigation,” said Chairman of the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association for the Jakarta Region, Sabar Daniel Hutahaean in his written statement. received by Suara.com, Thursday (13/8/2020).
Sabar said that the practice of torture has not only happened once in this country. According to him, there are a number of things that support the persecution in the middle of the legal process.
First, there is no government commitment to the prevention and prohibition of the practice of torture since the ratification of the Anti-Torture Convention through Law Number 5 of 1998.
This has led to the absence of concrete and detailed derivative or implementing regulations, including protocols or SOPs for law enforcement officials.
Second, the criminal procedural law in general, especially in the case of narcotics, actually opens up great opportunities for torture.
For example, from the long duration of arrest and detention, detention at the police station, the unsecured rights of the suspect include the right to legal assistance or to be accompanied by a lawyer.
In fact, according to him, this is the key to proving the occurrence of torture which is often experienced by people who are unable to hire or pay a lawyer during the initial examination of an investigation or investigation.
Then the third is the absence of institutions or to investigate torture case by state officials, so that torture is relegated to a mere violation of professional ethics.
Not only in Indonesia, the practice of torture by unscrupulous police officers in this case is that investigators also often occur in the United States. According to him, it is time to stop this action because it is a manifestation of moral decline in law enforcement.
That way, his party also demands that the National Police, the Indonesian National Police, and the National Commission on Human Rights be able to thoroughly investigate and find the party responsible for the torture that was carried out against Hendri until his death.
“Meanwhile, supervisory institutions are also like toothless tigers because their officials come from the institutions they supervise,” he said.
They also demanded that Jokowi and the Indonesian House of Representatives revise the Criminal Procedure Code and the criminal procedure system which closed the opportunity for torture.
“Including forming a technical policy against torture in accordance with Law Number 5 of 1998,” he said.
“And demanded the President of the Republic of Indonesia to evaluate the police law enforcement supervisory agencies including the Indonesian National Police and the National Police’s Propam Division in order to work objectively and impartially.”
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