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Use of violence in police questioning is a dated technique: KPAI
Chairman of Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) Asrorun Niâam Sholeh said that the use of violence against a child in a police investigation was unnecessary and dated
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hairman of Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) Asrorun Ni'am Sholeh said that the use of violence against a child in a police investigation was unnecessary and dated.
Asrorun made the statement in the wake of the alleged assault on an underage child by a police officer in Tuban, East Java, during an investigation on motorcycle theft.
'The use of violence in the police investigation is a classic, dated technique, which is still done in many places,' he told the press at KPAI headquarter in Jakarta on Tuesday.
He said that the children involved in legal cases should have their rights upheld by the police.
In 2014, there were 105 children involved in legal cases as alleged perpetrators of physical violence, 27 other children who committed psychological violence and 561 children who committed sexual violence, according to KPAI data.
However, the children who became victims of physical violence in legal cases in 2014 reached 273, as well as 41 children who were victims of psychological violence and 656 who were victims of sexual violence.
Asrorun said that the number of children who experienced violence at the hands of legal officers was small but that did not undermine the significance of the problem.
'It doesn't mean we should not take notice of it, because the law enforcement process should set an example for how we should act in front of the law,' he said.
Child abuse during an investigation would violate several laws, he said, including the Child Protection Law, National Police Regulation No. 8/2009 on the implementation of human rights in police duty, which included special protection of children who are involved in legal cases, as well as National Police chief regulation No. 14/2011 on police ethical code. (fsu/hhr)(+++)
