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‘Trigger-happy’ cops questioned over gambler’s death
Hasyim Widhiarto , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 11/18/2009 2:37 PM | Jakarta
The Jakarta Police's internal affairs division is questioning seven Depok Police officers for alleged excessive use of force when they shot dead a public minivan driver.
"We will cross-check the information [from the officers] with the facts [at the crime scene], including evaluating their decision to use their firearms," city police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
A group of Depok Police officers raided an unoccupied house in Limo, Depok, on Tuesday evening, arresting several minivan drivers for allegedly gambling on the premises.
During the raid, one of the officers shot driver Subagyo for “trying to escape”.
Subagyo died on the way to the hospital.
Witnesses, most of them friends of the victim, said the shooting was completely unwarranted since the house they had raided only one exit, which the police had already secured.
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Denni hooping (not verified), Jakarta — Wed, 11/18/2009 - 5:03pm
Seems to me that this is just another example of Indonesia's police being completely out of control. A disgusting example of police brutality. Shot dead for gambling. The country is nothing short of a police state.