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Siyono kneed in the chest before passing away: police
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Volunteer guards from Muhammadiyah's youth organization KOKAM stand around the tomb of Siyono during an autopsy process in Klaten, Central Java, on April 3. The autopsy was initiated by Islamic organization Muhammadiyah in cooperation with the National Commission on Human Rights, who had alleged that Densus 88 tortured the terror suspect during the interrogation process. (ANTARA FOTO/Aloysius Jarot Nugroho)
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he Densus 88 officer who guarded Siyono admitted to kneeing the terror suspect in the chest during their fight in the car, National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti said recently to the House of Representatives.
The new testimony is in line with an independent autopsy on Siyono's body that found that his death was due to a broken breastbone that pierced his heart. Previously, the police said Siyono died from a brain haemorrhage.
"After the cross-check, [he] confessed to kicking the suspect with his knee. His knee hit the chest and broke [Siyono's] breast bone," Badrodin said during a hearing with House Commission III overseeing legal affairs on Wednesday.
Since Tuesday, the police's Internal Affairs Division (Propam) has been conducting an ethics hearing to probe the behavior of two Densus 88 members who guarded and drove Siyono from his house in Klaten, Central Java, following his arrest on March 8, to the police’s interrogation center.
According to Badrodin, the prosecutor has demanded that the Densus 88 member be expelled. However, sanctions will depend on testimonies and facts delivered to the hearing.
Siyono, allegedly one of the top leaders of neo-Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), died while in police custody for four days after his arrest. Siyono’s dead body showed signs of torture because he was covered in wounds and blood.
Badrodin previously shrugged off allegations of human rights abuses committed by Densus 88, saying the officers had simply violated the National Police’s chief decree (Perkap) that regulates procedures for arresting suspects.
House Commission III chairman Bambang Soesatyo said the police should sanction the Densus 88 member if the hearing concluded that there was s violation of human rights or procedures during the operation. (ags)
