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Twenty-two years since the 1998 student movement was staged by university students against former Indonesian strongman Soeharto, families of the fallen victims of the Semanggi tragedies are still doing everything they can to search for justice, even as their faith in the government dwindles.
Activists have accused the police of using excessive force against protesters and journalists during Thursday's protests against the omnibus Job Creation Law, with hundreds of reported cases of alleged assault and of missing people.
The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has voiced its distrust over the National Police's move to repurpose a private security apparatus dubbed Pam Swakarsa, arguing that the force has a checkered record when it comes to accountability and resolving violations committed by its officers.
The alliance urged the government to issue data privacy regulations that specifically address the PeduliLindungi app and to be transparent about the data breach that occurred in PeduliLindungi’s database.
Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Yati Andriyani says Moeldoko has no authority to declare whether or not something constitutes a gross violations of human rights.
This would not be the first time the government has formed a commission tasked with seeking the truth and offered reconciliation on past human rights cases. The MPR called in 2000 for the establishment of a national truth and reconciliation commission. It was followed up with the enactment of a 2004 law that mandated the government to form the commission.
