The South Jakarta District Court turned down a lawsuit filed by Susandhi Sukatma, alias Aan, Tuesday over his arrest and detention by the city police.
Judge Mustari ruled in favor of the police, saying that Aan was a legitimate suspect in an illegal possession of drugs case.
Aan, a former employee of PT Maritim Timur Jaya, a fishery unit controlled by tycoon Tomy Winata, said the police had illegally arrested and detained him, as well as assaulted him.
The incident happened when he was called to the Artha Graha building in Jakarta for interrogation by the Maluku Police last December as a witness for his former employer, David Tjiau, in connection with an illegal stockpile of firearms on Tual Island, Maluku.
Aan said he was assaulted during the interrogation and was later handed to the city police after an ecstasy pill was found in his pocket. He said be believed the police had planted the pill in his pocket.
Nurkholis Hidayat from the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, who attended the trial, said he would report the judge to the Judicial Commission. (map)
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