Walhi demands police chief be fired

Walhi demands police chief be fired

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has
demanded National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar dismiss and
replace South Sulawesi Police chief Insp. Gen. Yusuf Manggabarani
over the Bulukumba incident in which police killed three people.

Walhi executive director Longgena Ginting said on Monday that
Yusuf intentionally let his subordinates shoot at the Bulukumba
residents, who were protesting the occupation of a disputed plot
of land by a plantation company on July 21 and Oct. 3.

The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said it
found gross human rights violations in the first incident, in
which two people were killed. --JP