Police chief questioned on attack, clashes

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi:
A team from the National Commission on Human Rights questioned South Sulawesi Police chief Insp. Gen. Adang Rochjana Wednesday to follow up indications of human rights violations in the recent attack against the Association of Muslim Students (HMI) secretariat.

In the three-and-a-half-hour meeting, Adang explained discussed in detail the attack that led to clashes between the students, the police and residents.

He said it would be up to the  four-member commission, led by Jhony Nelson Simanjuntak,
to evaluate the case but he also requested that they investigate damage suffered by a police station and a patrol car caused by the students.

“Human rights apply to all... So anyone who violates [human rights] should be investigated.”
Jhony said that the commission had gathered several facts that should be further investigated. — JP