Police chief defends shooting

Police chief defends shooting

MEDAN, North Sumatra: The provincial police chief Brig. Gen.
Sutiyono said on Thursday he could understand the motives behind
the recent shooting by Mobile Brigade troops of a house belonging
to a youth group.

Sutiyono said he had asked the Golkar-affiliated youth group
to surrender its member who allegedly stabbed a Mobile Brigade
soldier, Second Sgt. Afriandi, and beat him up on Tuesday.

"But they did not heed our call. So it's understandable if
Afriandi's colleagues demonstrated the spirit of the corps. They
agreed to bring the suspect to the police following the
incident," Sutiyono said.

A group of Mobile Brigade troops sprayed a house with bullets
in Olo Panggabean, which also served as the secretariat of the
Pemuda Karya youth organization, and demanded they release the
suspect. (39)