Officers fired over campus attack<\/p>\n
Andi Hajramurni, Makassar<\/p>\n
A police disciplinary committee dismissed here on Monday three
\nhigh-ranking officers in South Sulawesi from their posts for
\ntheir roles in a recent brutal attack on the Indonesian Muslim
\nUniversity (UMI), Makassar.<\/p>\n
The committee also ordered the detention of the three police
\nofficers for 12 days to 17 days in the custody of the province
\npolice internal affairs division.<\/p>\n
The three fired were deputy Panakkukang Police precinct chief
\nFirst Insp. Yeri Santos Mangiri, East Makassar Police chief of
\nthe guidance and disciplinary unit First Insp. IF Erwanto and
\nEast Makassar Police chief of service unit Second Insp. Aldi
\nSubartono.<\/p>\n
Yeri and Erwanto were detained for 17 days, and Aldi for only
\n14 days.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Adj. Comr. Machmud Abduh also heard a similar
\ncase against former acting Panakkukang Police chief Adj. Comr. SA
\nParambungan, and ordered him detained for only 12 days for the
\nsame disciplinary offense.<\/p>\n
The four officers were punished for their involvement in the
\nMay 1 attack on the UMI campus, which left 65 students injured.<\/p>\n
Machmud said the four were proven \"legally and convincingly\"
\nguilty of breaching discipline, rules and legislation on the
\nNational Police.<\/p>\n
They had not prevented their subordinates from storming the
\nuniversity, which tarnished the image and honor of the police
\nforce, he added.<\/p>\n
When Machmud gave the punished officers an opportunity to
\ndefend themselves during the six-hour hearing from 12 a.m. they
\ncried, which was also an emotional moment for the spectators.<\/p>\n
In their defense, the suspects protested against what they
\ntermed unfair treatment over the brutality.<\/p>\n
Parambungan said many other police officers had played a role
\nin the same incident but remained free as they were not
\nquestioned or tried. He did not elaborate.<\/p>\n
However, lawyer for the four offenders, Adj. Sr. Comr. Darma,
\nsaid their clients accepted the punishment.<\/p>\n
The same committee is scheduled to hear similar cases against
\nsix other high-ranking police officers in South Sulawesi over the
\nsame attack. No date has been specified.<\/p>\n
Earlier last week, the committee also ordered the detention of
\n12 other police officers from lower ranks over the incident.<\/p>\n
Separately, South Sulawesi Police chief of internal affairs
\nand security Sr. Comr. Syahrir Kuba said that of 22 officers
\ndeclared suspects in the incident, only 10 would stand trial in a
\ncivilian court on charges of violating Articles 351 and 170 the
\nCriminal Code.<\/p>",
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