MPR calls for independent probe into shooting of FPI members 11th December 2020
Deputy Speaker of People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), Hidayat Nur Wahid. (ANTARA FOTO/Indrianto Eko Suwarso/hp) Jakarta (ANTARA) - People s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Speaker Hidayat Nur Wahid has sought the “immediate” formation of an independent fact-finding team to probe the shooting of six Islam Defenders Front (FPI) members by police.
He has also asked that the team be led by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM).
The members of the fact-finding team must be drawn from the Komnas HAM, community-based organizations, political parties, non-governmental organizations, and the House of Representatives (DPR), he was quoted by ANTARA as saying here on Friday.
Police: Conducting professional probe into deaths of six FPI members 11th December 2020
Chief of the National Police s Criminal Investigation Directorate, Coms.Gen.Listyo Sigit Prabowo (center). (ANTARA/ HO-Polri) Jakarta (ANTARA) - National Police said it is conducting a “professional” and “transparent” probe into the fatal shooting of six guards of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Habib Rizieq Shihab by applying the principles of scientific crime investigation. In the investigation process, the (National Police s) Internal Affairs Division (Propam) is also involved, chief of the National Police s Criminal Investigation Directorate, Coms.Gen.Listyo Sigit Prabowo, was quoted by ANTARA as saying in Jakarta on Friday.
MUI demands fair law enforcement for public sense of justice 11th December 2020
Anwar Abbas. (ANTARA/HO-Dokumentasi Humas Muhammadiyah) Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) pressed for applying fair law enforcement in the case of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Habib Rizieq Shihab to avoid any offense to the public sense of justice in communities. Law must truly be used as an instrument for educating and not an instrument for targeting, MUI Deputy Chairman Anwar Abbas was quoted by ANTARA as saying in Jakarta on Friday.
The police s decision to name Shihab as a suspect for violating health protocols in holding events that led to the congregation of people must reflect the use of law as an instrument to edify rather than target, Abbas stated.
Indonesian probe sought into deaths of 6 Muslim hardliners
Activists and religious leaders say differing accounts of police shooting make independent inquiry necessary Ryan Dagur, Jakarta Updated: December 10, 2020 07:27 AM GMT
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Members of the notorious Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) attend a rally in Jakarta in this 2017 file photo. (Photo: Ryan Dagur/UCA News)
Activists and religious leaders have called on the Indonesian government to form an independent fact-finding team to investigate the deadly police shooting this week of six members of the notorious hardline group the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI).
The call comes after both sides gave differing accounts about the incident.