JSX bombing suspects file lawsuit against police<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-two suspects in the bombing of the
\nJakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building filed a lawsuit against the
\nJakarta Police on Tuesday for unlawful arrest and detention.<\/p>\n
In the lawsuit, filed at the South Jakarta District Court, the
\n22 men demanded the police pay them each Rp 3 million in
\ncompensation and issue an apology in all of the country's printed
\nand electronic media.<\/p>\n
If the men win the lawsuit but the police fail to fulfill
\nthese demands, the men have demanded the police then be made to
\npay them an additional Rp 1 million per day.<\/p>\n
A clerk at the Jakarta District Court, M. Yusuf, confirmed the
\ncourt had registered the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
Lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights
\nAssociation (PBHI) representing the 22 suspects said police
\nignored legal procedures in arresting their clients.<\/p>\n
"(The police) could have mistakenly arrested (the men) because
\nthey failed to follow legal procedures from the very beginning,"
\nPBHI chairman Hendardi said during a media conference.<\/p>\n
Hendardi said police had insufficient evidence when they
\narrested the 22 men at an auto repair shop, Krung Baro Motor, in
\nCiganjur, South Jakarta, on Sept. 23.<\/p>\n
PBHI earlier said that at the time of the arrests some of the
\nmen were in the shop to have their vehicles repaired, others
\narrested were eating at a nearby food stall and one man was a
\nscavenger who happened to be walking past the shop.<\/p>\n
The police earlier said they discovered a timer and carpet
\nfibers at the workshop similar to those found at the JSX
\nbuilding.<\/p>\n
The 22 men arrested are Tengku Ismuhadi, Nuryadin, Iswadi H.
\nJamil, Heri Adam, Jefri Nurdin, Zakaria, Fajri H. Huzein, Ismail
\nYunus, Mohammad Rizal Abdullah, M. Yusuf S., Asri Hanafiah,
\nSarbini IBR, Azhar, Hasnali, Fauzi A. Rahman, Armia Daud,
\nTarmizi, T. Zukri T.P., Tabrani, Bachtiar, Rachman Zaenal and M.
\nSaleh Daud.<\/p>\n
Police released on Friday all but three of the suspects --
\nIsmuhadi, the owner of the auto repair shop, Nuryadin and Iswadi
\n-- saying their detention had been suspended.<\/p>\n
PBHI has demanded the police release the three suspects still
\nbeing detained.<\/p>\n
Johnson Panjaitan, the deputy chairman for legal aid and
\nadvocacy at PBHI, said the three men had undergone "some physical
\nand psychological torture" during questioning at police
\nheadquarters.<\/p>\n
Ten other suspects in the JSX bombing and a grenade explosion
\nat the Malaysian Embassy in South Jakarta are being detained at
\ncity police headquarters.<\/p>\n
They include the four primary suspects in the incidents:
\nIsmuhadi and Ibrahim A. Manaf, who allegedly planned the Sept. 13
\nbombing at the JSX building, and soldiers Ibrahim Hasan and
\nIrwan, who reportedly assembled and planted the bomb.<\/p>\n
The JSX bombing left 10 people dead and dozens of others
\ninjured, as well as destroying some 200 vehicles. (jaw\/bby)<\/p>",
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