Student relates kidnapping tale

Student relates kidnapping tale

BOGOR, West Java (JP): A student activist revealed at the
Ampera Legal Aid Office (LBH-Ampera) on Wednesday that he was
abducted and detained for 24 hours by three unidentified men.

G. Anwar Abilio Soares, a student at Bogor's Djuanda
University, said he was questioned regarding the university law
school's plan to commemorate Human Rights Day on Dec. 10. The
function is scheduled to feature activists Ratna Sarumpaet,
Sandyawan Sumardi and several former abduction victims.

"The men had regular hairstyles, not crew cuts like members of
the Armed Forces," Anwar said. He heads the senate of the School
of Law and chairs the Bogor branch of the Indonesian Moslem
Students Association (PMII).

He said he was abducted on Saturday. The three men called him
from a green Kijang vehicle and he was forced into the vehicle
when he approached. "They immediately covered my eyes with a
cloth and tied my hands."

Thirty minutes later Anwar said they arrived at a building in
a cool-climated area where he was questioned about the planned
commemoration, the relationship between LBH Ampera and the
student group City Front (Forkot) and other issues. He said he
was accused of being involved in efforts to topple the
government.

After the questioning, Anwar said he was repeatedly hit in the
face and then left in a chair.

The next morning he was warned not to reveal details about his
abduction before he was dumped in Gadog, Ciawi, with his eyes
blindfolded and hands tied. He said a vendor untied him and he
caught a public minibus back to the city.

Anwar said he was too fearful to make a police report. LBH
Ampera's director MH Sinaga said the incident had been reported
to the National Commission on Human Rights and the Bogor police
and military. (24)