Students report brutality by PDI-P

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