Police deny MER-C access to Abu Jibril

Police deny MER-C access to Abu Jibril

JAKARTA: Police have denied the Medical Emergency Rescue
Committee (MER-C) access to Abu Jibril, who is in police
detention for alleged document forgery, for the third time on
Sunday.

Two MER-C medical doctors -- Yogi Prabowo and Umar Mardianto
-- came to the Police Headquarters on Sunday to conduct a medical
examination on Abu Jibril, who was deported from Malaysia last
week for alleged involvement in terrorist activities.

Defense lawyers had earlier asked MER-C doctors to conduct an
independent medical examination on Abul Jibril.

Police, however, told them to leave the matter to the police
medical team.

A team of MER-C doctors, headed by Joze Rizal Jurnalis, also
came to the police headquarters on May 15 but was rejected. They
made a second attempt on May 18 but again were not granted
permission. --JP