Banjir Ambarita – The family of a female detainee who was forced to perform oral sex on three officers at the Jayapura Police's detention center has reported the case to the National Commission for Human Rights.

Munandar, the detainee's husband, on Tuesday filed the report to the commission's Papua office at Jalan Soa Siu, Jayapura – He met with the commission's official Frits Ramandey.

"The commission's stance is clear. We will monitor the steps taken by the police to investigate the case, and now that the family has officially lodged a report, we will push the police to process the case," Frits said, adding that had advised the family to file a report to the police.

"We have suggested the family file an official report to the police so that the perpetrators can be legally prosecuted," he said.

The scandal emerged last month when Munandar's wife, now being held at Abepura Penitentiary, revealed she was forced to perform oral sex over a three-month period while in remand at the Jayapura Police's detention center for illegal gambling. The incidents occurred between November and January.

The officers in question were sentenced to 21 days in jail and slapped with administrative sanctions, including delay of promotions. Jayapura's police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Imam Setiawan resigned on Tuesday in the wake of mounting criticism over the scandal.

Munandar said he heard about the incident through the media. "I was shocked when I learned what had happened to my wife, I couldn't face the reality [of what had happened]," he said.

Munandar said he frequently visited his wife at the Jayapura Police's detention center and Abepura Penitentiary, but he did not know what actually happened behind bars.

"Once when I visited my wife, I saw three officers were being punished. They were put on top of a truck under the hot sun but I didn't know why," he said, adding that the officers were familiar to him.

"When my children and I visited my wife, I always see them hanging around in the cell block," he said,

He also recalled another incident when his wife was rushed to hospital after attempting suicide. "My wife had never told me about this even when she overdosed on slimming pills. What they did is immoral and very painful for my family. The perpetrators must be punished," he said between sobs.