Robbery suspects' wives seek justice<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The wives of armed robbery suspects yesterday
\nvisited the National Commission on Human Rights in East Jakarta
\nseeking justice over allegations that suspect Tjetje Tadjudin
\ndied after police torture.<\/p>\n
Both Tjetje's wife, Tati Nuryati, and Norman Lubis' wife, each
\naccompanied by three relatives, were represented by lawyers
\nBambang Widjojanto and a lawyer from Oemar Senoadji's office
\nrespectively.<\/p>\n
Tjetje's wife, Tati, with brown headscarf, looked gloomy as
\nshe entered the meeting room. Both seemed uneasy in front of the
\nmedia and tried to hide their faces from the cameras. They did
\nnot speak to the press before or after the meeting.<\/p>\n
The lawyers asked the Commission to bar the press from the
\nmeeting.<\/p>\n
The Commission was represented by Bambang Soeharto, Soegiri,
\nClementino Dos Reis Amaral, Djoko Soegianto and B.N. Marbun.<\/p>\n
After the one-and-a-half hour meeting, Bambang Soeharto said
\nthat based on the suspects' relatives' reports, the Commission
\nconcluded the suspects' rights to freedom from fear and torture
\nwere violated.<\/p>\n
Tjetje and Norman were detained for their alleged roles in a
\nfatal robbery on the Jagorawi turnpike on Oct. 11 in which their
\nfriend Zaenuddin, was shot dead.<\/p>\n
Interrogations of Tjetje and Norman after the robbery led to
\ntheir arrest after police believed they were involved.<\/p>\n
Police said Tjetje died last Monday. This sparked controversy
\nwhen a Bogor PMI hospital postmortem report said Tjetje was
\nbeaten to death and did not die from respiratory problems as
\npolice first stated.<\/p>\n
First Lt. DT, the main suspect in Tjetje's death, has been
\ndetained since last Friday.<\/p>\n
Lawyer Bambang Widjojanto of the Indonesian Legal Aid
\nFoundation (YLBHI), said he wanted the authorities to find why
\nTjetje was tortured.<\/p>\n
\"Something must be behind the torture. We assume there is a
\nscenario behind the coercion. We can't say it was just a
\nprocedural error,\" Bambang said.<\/p>\n
The lawyer said the victim told his relatives that First Lt.
\nDT had beaten him. \"Tjetje also mentioned a name of a military
\npolice officer. But it was not clear what the connection between
\nthe military officer and the torture was,\" he said.<\/p>\n
According to the lawyer, police violated legal procedures
\nbecause there was no warrant for Tjetje's arrest. \"He was not
\naccompanied by lawyers during questioning,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Norman's wife, according to Bambang Soeharto, was also unhappy
\nwith the officers's treatment of her husband who is still in
\ncustody. He was also tortured during questioning, Bambang
\nSoeharto said.<\/p>\n
Bambang Soeharto promised the Commission would today go to the
\nBogor Regency Police and the West Java Police to investigate the
\ncase.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Chief of the Bogor police comforted Tjetje's
\nrelatives at 10 p.m. on Sunday, even though he was not declared
\ndead until 5 a.m on Monday.<\/p>\n
\"It's a bit strange\" Bambang Widjojanto said. (jun)<\/p>\n
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