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Critics slam Medan Mayor remark on shooting criminals dead
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Bobby Nasution (Tribun Medan/Danil Siregar)
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recent remark by the mayor of Medan, North Sumatra, Bobby Nasution, on police shooting criminals dead has been criticized for potentially leading to human rights violations.
On Sunday, Bobby applauded the Medan Police for shooting dead a robber, calling the police to take strict action against crime perpetrators even if they had to be shot dead.
“Robbery and other crimes have no place in Medan city. Their crime is troubling. The police move is correct as we want peace and security in Medan,” Bobby, who is President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's son-in-law, said on Sunday.
The city police criminal investigation unit personnel on Sunday shot dead a robber, Bima Bastian aka Jarot, in Deli Serdang for resisting arrest and trying to wound the officers.
“When the police attempted to arrest him, he resisted and tried to wound the officers, so we took decisive and measured action, which resulted in his death,” Medan Police head Sr. Comr. Valentino Alfa Tatareda said on Monday.
Valentino said Jarot had committed at least eight robberies using airsoft guns before being raided by the police. Valentino added that Jarot was a repeat offender as he was imprisoned for theft and drugs violation in 2019.
Besides shooting Jarot, the Medan Police also arrested four gang members.
