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Military, police spat worsened by police station raid in Medan
Some 40 soldiers from the Bukit Barisan regional military command surrounded the office of Medan Police’s criminal investigation department for two hours on Aug. 4 over the bail of a suspect in an alleged document forgery case.
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High-ranking officers of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police stand to attention on Jan. 29, 2019, at an annual meeting at the Presidential Palace. The meeting was attended by 198 TNI generals and 170 police generals. (The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana)
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he Indonesian Military (TNI) raid of a police headquarters in Medan, North Sumatra over a criminal suspect related to a soldier has raised concerns about fresh tension between the two institutions.
Some 40 soldiers from the Bukit Barisan regional military command, which oversees the defense of North Sumatra and three neighboring provinces, surrounded the office of Medan Police’s criminal investigation department head Comr. Teuku Fathir Mustafa for two hours on Aug. 4.
The military personnel, led by a member of the regional command’s legal department, Mayor Dedi Hasibuan, then had a heated debate with the city’s chief detective about the release on bail of an alleged land certificate fraud suspect.
Dedi is also the uncle of Ahmad Rosid Hasibuan, the suspect in question.
“We don’t want to interfere or stop the ongoing investigation,” Dedi said. “We just want to ask the police to approve Ahmad’s bail.”
He claimed that the police denied Ahmad’s request for bail while accepting the bail of another suspect, who was deemed a main suspect in the case.
Ahmad was released on bail following the Saturday incident. Teuku did not specify the reason behind the bail’s approval when contacted by The Jakarta Post.
