Pastika fails to answer summons

Pastika fails to answer summons

JAKARTA: Former Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku
Pastika failed to show up at the National Commission on Human
Rights (Komnas HAM) office on Monday to shed light on alleged
rights abuses in Papua in 2001.

"National Police chief (Gen. Da'i Bachtiar) has instructed all
police commanders to stay in their office during the month-long
campaign period. We may question him as a witness after the July
5 election," Komnas HAM member Hasballah M. Saad said.

Pastika, who led the investigation into the deadly Bali
bombings on Oct. 12, 2002, is now chief of the Bali police.

Aside from Pastika, Komnas HAM had also summoned three other
police personnel, who also failed to attend.

At least 16 people were tortured and three killed in Wasior
district, Manokwari regency, Papua, in 2001 when dozens of homes
were burned down by police in raids triggered by the killing of
six police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel, who were guarding a
local company.

Police blamed the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) for the
murders. --JP