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Doctors to exhume boy allegedly killed by police in West Sumatra
The police granted the victim’s family's request for AM''s exhumation on Monday during a meeting with the House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs, following pressure from civil groups and lawmakers for a second autopsy to determine the cause of death of the 13-year-old boy.
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Several Kamisan (Thursday) silent protesters holds posters on July 4, 2024, during a protest in Jakarta demanding a thorough investigation into the death of AM, a 13-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten to death by police officers after being suspected of inciting a brawl in Padang, West Sumatra. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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he body of AM, a 13-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten to death by police officers in early June in Padang, West Sumatra, will be exhumed on Thursday, following the issuance of a permit from the police earlier this week.
Forensic doctors are slated to exhume AM’s body on Thursday morning, with representatives of the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) present during the process, commissioner Dian Sasmita said.
“The commission team and I will fly to Padang today to watch the process tomorrow,” Dian said on Wednesday, as quoted by kompas.com.
The police granted the victim’s family’s request for another autopsy on AM’s body during a meeting with the House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs in Jakarta on Monday. Attending the meeting were AM’s parents, accompanied by Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and Padang Legal Aid Institute (LBH Padang) attorneys, as well as representatives of the Padang and West Sumatra Police.
During the meeting, West Sumatra Police general crime investigation director Sr. Comr. Andry Kurniawan handed over a copy of the exhumation letter to AM’s family as well as House Commission III members.
House deputy speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad of Gerindra Party said during the meeting that the lawmakers had previously urged the police to immediately issue an exhumation order within two months of the burial. Otherwise, the body would decompose further and make it impossible to conduct an autopsy.
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