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National Police put report against Haris on hold
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Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Haris Azhar speaks in a press conference in Jakarta last week. (AP/Heru Sri Kumoro)
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he National Police have decided not to pursue their report against human rights activist Haris Azhar, because they want “to focus on the work of the independent team” assigned to assess the veracity of his claims.
"As the reporting party, we have put our report against Haris on hold to focus on assessing the truth of the accusation regarding Freddy Budiman's testimony - which was told to Pak Haris," Boy told a press conference at a restaurant in Jakarta on Wednesday.
The drug kingpin was executed on Nusakambangan prison island, Cilacap, Central Java, on July 29. In a conversation with Haris two years ago, Freddy reportedly said that his drug operation was supported by personnel from three institutions: the National Police, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN).
The three institutions filed a report against Haris last week, accusing him of violating the 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions Law.
The independent team plans to question several parties mentioned in Freddy's story. The team, led by National Police general supervision inspectorate chief Comr. Gen. Dwi Priyatno, comprises National Police Commission (Kompolnas) commissioner Poengky Indarty, Setara Institute chairman Hendardi and University of Indonesia political communications expert Effendi Ghazali. (evi)
