Women upset at 'police' search<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Twenty people claiming to be police officers
\nraided the headquarters of a women's organization in Cipinang
\nCempedak, East Jakarta, early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
The organization, Solidaritas Perempuan (Women's Solidarity
\nfor Human Rights), filed a complaint with the City Police
\nyesterday that the people, who claimed to be City Police members,
\nbroke into its office at 4:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
They were "searching for people involved in the July 27
\nincident," a press release from the organization said.<\/p>\n
The men searched all the rooms, climbed the walls and seized
\ndocuments and some office equipment, Tati Krisnawaty, the
\nexecutive chairperson of the organization, said.<\/p>\n
Apparently failing to find what they were seeking, the
\n"police" detained three of the organization's employees who were
\nsleeping at the office.<\/p>\n
The complaint did not name the employees who were taken "to an
\nunknown location" for interrogation.<\/p>\n
Two of them were interrogated from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.. The
\nother employee was questioned from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. "with
\nviolence," Tati said.<\/p>\n
The employees of the organization, which focuses on migrant
\nworkers rights, were not shown any arrest or search warrants, she
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
"These methods clearly violate the Criminal Code (in which
\nwarrants are compulsory) and the presumption of innocence..", the
\ncomplaint read.<\/p>\n
The office items seized "have no relation to the July 27
\nincident," Tati said.<\/p>\n
The items include letters of legal representation, passports
\nand other documents of female migrant workers or their relatives
\nwho sought assistance from the organization and relevant
\ngovernment regulations.<\/p>\n
A telephone book, a white board and books were also among the
\nitems taken.<\/p>\n
The organization demanded that the City Police -- "if the men
\nwere really from the City Police" -- immediately return all the
\nitems, including those urgently needed for advocacy work for
\nmigrant workers.<\/p>\n
"We also request that their terrorizing method not be
\nrepeated, as it creates a feeling of insecurity in our office and
\nin our environment," Tati said.<\/p>\n
"If (the men) were not from the City Police, we ask that the
\npolice promptly investigate the matter."<\/p>\n
"We hope that those who have violated human rights and the law
\nare punished in accordance with the law," Tati said. (anr)<\/p>",
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