BEM-UI reported for torture

BEM-UI reported for torture

JAKARTA (JP): A student of the Indonesian Christian University
(UKI) went to the City Police headquarters on Monday to report
his abduction and torture allegedly committed by activists of the
Student Executive Body of the University of Indonesia (BEM-UI).

Accompanied by lawyers from the Student Movement Avocation
Team (TAKWA), the student, Leon Poltak Simanjuntak, said he was
kidnapped following a mass brawl on Wednesday.

He said he was taken hostage by dozens of students wearing
yellow jackets when he was sitting at a food stall in front of
the intensive care unit of the Cipto Mangunkusumo General
Hospital on Jl. Salemba, Central Jakarta at about 3 p.m.

"They suddenly approached me, called me a provocateur and beat
me up," Leon, who arrived at the City Police headquarters on an
ambulance, said.

The law school student rejected a statement by BEM-UI
spokesman Suphan in a newspaper and a radio station saying that
Leon was saved by BEM-UI.

The victim said he was taken to the UI campus and was again
beaten by the students in a room in the campus after robbing him
of his cellular phone, cash and identity card.

Dozens of Leon's friends staged a rally in front of the police
headquarters, demanding a thorough probe into the case. (jun)