Six people found deaed in Aceh<\/p>\n
Ibnu Mat Noor, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh<\/p>\n
At least six people were killed during the Muslim New Year in
\nAceh after the local administration officially implemented
\nsyariah law last Friday, human rights activists said over the
\nweekend.<\/p>\n
Muslim Tanjung, a volunteer for the Indonesian Red Cross in
\nBanda Aceh told The Jakarta Post on Saturday that he and his
\ncolleagues found three male bodies with gunshot wounds in a river
\nin Cot village of Darussalam subdistrict, about 10 kilometers
\neast of Banda Aceh.<\/p>\n
Quoting Hasanuddin, an official from the Cot village office,
\nMuslim said that a number of government security officers went to
\nthe village early on Saturday in search of two suspected members
\nof the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), namely Yusri and Zulhari. But
\nthey did not find the two suspects.<\/p>\n
At around 7 a.m. a series of gunshots were heard in the
\nvillage. Then the villagers found the bodies of Syahria, 17,
\nMuhammad, 18, and Mukhlis, 21, floating in the river with gunshot
\nwounds to their heads.<\/p>\n
\"The victims, together with two other friends, were fishing in
\nthe river. The other two are still missing,\" Muslim quoted the
\nofficial as saying.<\/p>\n
He said that the three bodies were not taken to the hospital
\nfor an autopsy as their families asked the volunteers to bring
\nthem directly to their respective houses.<\/p>\n
According to Muslim, the police took an unidentified body with
\nmany wounds to Zainoel Abidin Hospital in Banda Aceh on Saturday
\nmorning.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the same day the local government kicked off the
\nsyariah in Indonesia's northernmost province, the volunteers also
\ntook away two bodies, respectively from Malahayati port, about 35
\nkilometers east Banda Aceh, and from Saree, some 70 kilometers
\neast of Banda Aceh.<\/p>\n
They were taken to Zainoel Abidin Hospital also and were said
\nto have died from heavy beating and torture, as one of the bodies
\nwas dismembered.<\/p>\n
The military spokesman in Banda Aceh, Lt. Col. Firdaus Komarno
\ncould not be reached for confirmation of the incidents by
\ntelephone.<\/p>\n
The syariah requires all people in Aceh to dress according to
\nthe fundamentalist Islamic teachings, which according to some
\nwill thereby alleviate lustful feelings or thoughts.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, about 80 human rights activists staged a
\ndemonstration in front of the Aceh Police precinct on Jl. Cut
\nMutia, Banda Aceh, on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
The demonstrators, from 10 non-governmental organizations
\ndealing with human rights along with the Aceh Students Action
\ngroup, demanded that the police take responsibility for the
\nkidnapping of three human rights activists, who were allegedly
\nkidnapped by a group of police in Semet Montasik village, Aceh
\nBesar, some 20 kilometers east of Banda Aceh last Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Rufriadi, the director of the Legal Assistance Institution in
\nAceh (LBH Aceh), said that he had gone to the police office to
\ninquire as to the whereabouts of the three missing people. But
\nthe police did not give a clear explanation.<\/p>\n
The LBH has given legal assistance to Harsumi, the wife of
\nNasrullah Ibrahim, 48, a treasurer of the Human Rights Violation
\nVictims' Brotherhood Solidarity (SPKP), one of the kidnapped
\nvictims.<\/p>\n
The other kidnap victims were Muhammad Rizal Fahlevi, 23, and
\nMuhammad, 22.<\/p>\n
The Aceh Police could not be reached for comment on the
\nkidnappings.<\/p>\n
But Rufriadi said that based on reliable sources in the police
\noffice, the three people were currently in police custody in
\nAceh.<\/p>",
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