Students report brutality by PDI-P

JAKARTA: Student activists from East Java visited the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Tuesday to report violence allegedly committed by a civilian security unit, which is part of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan).

The students charged that PDI Perjuangan's youth security wing Banteng Muda Indonesia (BMI) had physically assaulted the students who were protesting against Megawati in Surabaya, East Java recently.

Megianto, a student from Malang, East Java, said he hoped the commission would urge police to quickly probe the violence.

Five students were injured in the attack. They were Mubin, Zakki, Ayip, Ikhsan and Wahid. Mubin is still being treated at the Syaiful Anwar hospital in Malang for his extensive injuries.

Solahuddin Wahid, a Komans HAM member, said that such violence by the ruling party should be brought to trial.

According to Megianto, police officers on the scene did nothing to prevent the brutality. - Antara