As of Friday afternoon, the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) had received some 1,500 complaints about alleged violence by security forces during a three-day wave of demonstrations from Tuesday to Thursday across the nation.

Kontras coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti admitted to being overwhelmed by the large data of victims the commission needed to recapitulate, saying staff were still trying to determine in which areas most of the cases had occurred.

The police were said to have “simultaneously” obstructed access to the victims of violence and those whose contact had been lost, most of whom were believed to have been detained by the police, she claimed.

“We are still in the recapitulation process. Access to assistance has also been blocked by the police. This is the same pattern in all police stations in Jakarta, even outside Jakarta,” Fatia said on Friday, as quoted by kompas.com.

The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) has received 288 reports about the rallies relating mostly to the arrest of protestors.

Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) accused police personnel of using excessive force against the protestors.

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