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House mulls counterterrorism supervisory team
Lawmakers sitting on the House of Representatives’ special committee for the deliberation of the Terrorism Law revision are considering the formation of a supervisory team to ensure that future counterterrorism operations “comply with the law”
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Chairman of the legal and human rights division at the Muhammadiyah Central Committee Busyro Muqoddas (center), head of forensic doctors team Gatot Suharto (left) and commissioner of the National Commission on Human Rights Siane Indriani show Rp 100 million given to them by the family of Siyono, the alleged terrorist who died under suspicious circumstances while under police custody in March, at the Komnas HAM headquarters on Monday. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan)
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awmakers sitting on the House of Representatives’ special committee for the deliberation of the Terrorism Law revision are considering the formation of a supervisory team to ensure that future counterterrorism operations “comply with the law”.
United Development Party (PPP) lawmaker Arsul Sani says the team should proportionally represent each House political faction, as well as representatives from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and other human rights NGOs such as Imparsial and Setara.
"The supervisory team is expected to provide general oversight of counterterrorism activities in the country, including the implementation of deradicalization programs," Arsul said on Thursday.
Concerns have recently arisen about human rights violations in police counterterrorism operations. The latest significant case related to terrorism suspect Siyono, who died while in the custody of counterterrorism unit Detachment 88 (Densus 88). Komnas HAM reported that the forensics examination showed six broken ribs among other injuries on Siyono’s body.
However, Imparsial director Al-Araf said forming a new supervision team would be redundant because existing agencies such as Komnas HAM and the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) were already tasked with monitoring the police.
"The question is how the government can make them effective," Al-Araf said. He said Komnas HAM had overseen human rights aspects of counterterrorism operations, and that was enough. (evi)
