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Siyono’s death is not result of crime: Badrodin
National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti insists that the death of alleged terrorist Siyono, who died while in police custody, or violation of human rights by officers of the Densus 88 counterterrorism squad.
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Head of the law and human rights division at Muhammadiyah, Busyro Muqoddas (center), doctor in charge of Siyono's autopsy Gatot Suharto (left) and commissioner with the National Commission on Human Rights Siane Indriani, display Rp 100 million given to them by the family of Siyono, the alleged terrorist who died while in police custody in March, at Komnas HAM headquarters on Monday. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan)
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ational Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti insists that the death of alleged terrorist Siyono, who died while in police custody, was not the result of any crime or violation of human rights by officers of the Densus 88 counterterrorism squad.
Officers only breached, Bradodin said, procedures stipulated in his own decree on the arrest of the suspect, and police leaders were still considering appropriate sanctions for the officers involved.
He said violations of the decree included having only one police officer guarding Siyono in the car in which he suffered fatal injuries, and the terror suspect being transported without handcuffs.
"[Sanctions] will depend on the violations," Badrodin told journalists on Wednesday.
Since Tuesday, the force's Internal Affairs Division (Propam) has been conducting an ethics hearing to probe the two Densus 88 members who were guarding Siyono after he left his house in Klaten, Central Java.
The ethics hearing was closed to the public, Badrodin said, since the identity of the Densus 88 officers could never be disclosed to the public.
The hearing, which will hear from 10 witnesses including Klaten Police chief Adj. Com Faizal, a National Police doctor, Densus 88 officers and Siyono's parents, will continue for up to a week more.
Siyono's parents arrived at the hearing but refused to give their testimony because the police did not grant their wish to have their lawyer accompany them in the hearing, tribunnews.com reported.
Siyono, considered a top leader of Neo Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), died suspiciously while in the custody of Densus 88 four days after his arrest. Reports suggest his body was covered in wounds and bruises, including to his head, when it was returned home, raising suspicions that police abuse had led to his death.
The House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs questioned Badrodin and the police regarding Siyono's death during a hearing with the commission at the legislative complex on Wednesday.
Benny K. Harman, a Commission III lawmaker, said they would form a working committee to investigate whether Densus 88 had followed correct procedure and upheld human rights during the arrest of Siyono.
An autopsy, conducted by nine doctors from the Central Java branch of the Indonesian Forensics Physicians Organization, revealed that Siyono had been hit by a blunt object, resulting in five ribs on his left side and one on his right side being broken. One of the bones pierced his heart, leading to his death, Komnas HAM commissioner Siane Indriani said on Monday.
Another wound found was on Siyono's head, which the police previously claimed had been the cause of death. However, the autopsy team found no signs of hemorrhaging in the brain and declared that the head wound was not the cause of death. (afr/bbn)
