Probe into Ngawi incident sought<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Lawyers representing the Ngawi Muslim Forum and the
\nCommunication Forum of Ahlul Sunnah Wal Jamaah, known as Laskar
\nJihad or Holy Warriors, lodged a complaint with the National
\nCommission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Friday seeking a
\nthorough investigation into alleged human rights violations by
\npolice in the so-called Ngawi incident.<\/p>\n
The lawyers, headed by M. Mahendradatta, told Komnas HAM that
\npolice arbitrarily arrested and intimidated activists and
\nsupporters of the Ngawi Muslim Forum and Laskar Jihad in
\nDecember.<\/p>\n
"We admit that there was no gross human rights violations in
\nthe incident, but human rights issues do not concern gross
\nviolations only, but also cover small violations stipulated in
\nLaw No. 5, 1998 on the Anti-Torture Convention," M. Mahendradatta
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The lawyers were received by Komnas HAM member Soegiri.<\/p>\n
Riots broke out in Ngawi, East Java in mid-December after a
\ngroup of people, presumably supporters of President Megawati
\nSoekarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
\nPerjuangan), attacked a house belonging to a Ngawi Muslim Forum
\nactivist and an office belonging to Laskar Jihad.<\/p>\n
The attacks were followed by the alleged arbitrary arrests by
\npolice of Ngawi residents and sympathizers of the Ngawi Muslim
\nForum. -- Antara<\/p>",
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