Kontras staffer assaulted at court<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: A group of unidentified men assaulted a female
\nstaffer of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of
\nViolence (Kontras) after she attended a trial in the East Jakarta
\nDistrict Court on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Kontras coordinator Ori Rahman told reporters that the
\nstaffer, whose name was withheld, was crossing the parking lot at
\nthe courthouse when a man ordered his accomplices to snatch the
\ncamera she was carrying around her neck. The woman was beaten
\nwhen she attempted to resist.<\/p>\n
It was the fourth session of the administrative action taken
\nagainst the government's appointment of A.M. Hendropriyono as the
\nchief of the National Intelligence Agency.<\/p>\n
Dozens of men who were loitering around the compound prevented
\nother Kontras staffers and members of the Jakarta Legal Aid
\nInstitute (LBH Jakarta) from chasing the culprits.<\/p>\n
It was believed that the assault was premeditated. Kontras and
\nLBH Jakarta deplored the incident which they described as
\ncontempt of the law.<\/p>\n
Apart from reporting the assault to the Jakarta Police, the
\ntwo organizations have sent a letter to President Megawati
\nSoekarnoputri calling on her to uphold the law. --JP<\/p>",
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