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aci, 50, wants justice for her two children, who have been held by National Narcotics Agency (BNN) officers regarding allegations that she believes to be false.

The BNN apprehended Raci'€™s 31-year-old daughter, Siti Farida Wulandari, for allegedly helping her husband, M. Husin '€” one of 10 prisoners that escaped the BNN detention center on March 31 '€” during his getaway.

Husin and two others were arrested by the BNN for possessing 25 kilograms of methamphetamine.

After arresting Farida, the agency also placed Raci'€™s other child, 30-year-old Bagus Yudha, in detention on April 10 on the same allegations.

'€œI never suspected that my son-in-law was dealing drugs. He sold groceries in Karawang [West Java]. He also just came back from Aceh four months ago,'€ Raci told journalists at Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta).

Yudha'€™s wife, Nur Ismaya, said on Monday that around a dozen officers arrested Farida and raided her rented house in Marunda, North Jakarta.

'€œFarida brought her 2-year-old son to me and asked me to take care of him while she was away. The boy was crying,'€ she said, adding that none of the officers explained the arrest nor produced a warrant.

The police eventually gave the warrant to Farida'€™s father, Junaedi, when he visited Farida a week after the arrest.

'€œThe police then summoned Junaedi to be questioned about Husin'€™s getaway. However, due to his bad health, he could not make it. Then Yudha was summoned, but he never came home,'€ she said, adding Yudha'€™s family had never received any warrant for his arrest.

LBH Jakarta lawyer Romy Leo Rinaldo said on Monday that Farida had approached him in a legal counsel session at Pondok Bambu prison, East Jakarta, between the end of April and early May.

'€œFarida told us after the arrest that the police brought her to a hotel and asked her many times about her husband'€™s whereabouts while slapping her with sandals about six times. She told the truth '€” that Husin had come to their house, taken her jewelry, and fled,'€ he said.

Romy said that Farida was held at the hotel for two days and slept with her hand handcuffed to a policewoman who was guarding her.

BNN drug eradication unit head Insp. Gen. Deddy Fauzi Elhakim said on May 9 that Husin, together with Farida and Yudha, were arrested in Jombang, East Java, on April 4, according to kompas.com.

Romy said his office could not confirm the BNN statement. '€œWitnesses said Farida was taken from her house on April 5 and Yudha was arrested on April 10,'€ he said.

LBH Jakarta filed on Monday a pretrial motion at the East Jakarta District Court, challenging Farida and Yudha'€™s arrests and detention and demanding material and immaterial compensation. (prm)