Officials queried over eviction

Officials queried over eviction

JAKARTA: The police on Wednesday questioned an official at the
East Jakarta Public Order Office, Yusmin Simanjuntak, over a
violent eviction last week in which a student from Indonesian
Christian University (UKI) was injured, and who remains in a
coma.

"The questioning is to get a clarification," Kramat Jati
police chief Deddy Tetra was quoted as saying by Tempointeraktif.

The eviction of street vendors in front the UKI campus in
Cawang, East Jakarta, on May 17, ended in a clash between
students and public order officers.

A student, Victor Djami, suffered head injuries and is now
being treated at UKI Hospital.

At least 13 public order officers also suffered minor injuries
in the incident.

Besides Yusmin, the police had also questioned six public
order officers, a police medical officer, a resident, two street
vendors and three UKI security guards as witnesses in the case.
-- JP