MMI Ahyani/HD, Bandung – National Democratic Students Student League (LMND) is scheduled to file a lawsuit to West Java Police over an arrest of LMND's seven and Democratic People's Party (PRD) for West Java activists. Next week, a pre-trial be submitted since an arrest of those seven activists believed as fabricated. "This week, groups of Advocation team from Bandung (TABB), to whom we give them an authority to treat this case will submit their suit of pre-court," said PRD's leader for West Java Nathalia Scholastika Ch in Bandung, on Friday, yesterday.
Meanwhile, LMND's leader for West Java's district IV Rusma separately in Bandung Technology Institute (ITB) basket field on Friday, yesterday said that five of its seven activists. They are George Hormat, Andi Hartono, Yovi dan Dony Danuwiryo (ITB) and Noormalinda from Padjajaran State University, Bandung, West Java.
"They were incidentally arrested when they were distributing PRD's pamphlets. It's true we cooperate with PRD because of similarity of program in regards to go against rising fuel hike," he said.
Rusman furthermore said firmly that if that accusation saying our activists as the the man behind mass action, unrest, anarchic action over West Java Legislative Council on last June 13, 2001 are not wholly being accepted. "LMND started to move for going against rising fuel hike on last June 14 and cooperated with Indonesian National's Workers' Struggle Front [FNPB]," he said firmly.
However when asked did they follow on June 13 in an action at West Java Legislative Council's building, Rusman said firmly that they were coming at that time. "But we just came after hearing any unrest and cars were burned. Thus, if we incited the action it impossible. It should All-Indonesia Workers Union Federation (FSPSI) who the one took responsibility for that because it's them who incited the action," he said once again in firm.
Meanwhile, Nathalia also told firmly that legal base applied by police to the suspects saying they violated article 160, 161 and 157 of Criminal Code (KUHP) about instigation could not be accepted. "Those are rubber articles applied to remain silent over pro-democracy activities," she said. Because of that reason, through TAAB, PRD for West Java will submit a pre-trial lawsuit on this arrest.
In response to this, West Java Detective Division Police Head Commissioner Besar Sardjono contacted by Detik stated that police are ready to face a lawsuit conducted by groups which are not satisfied with police's measures. "Go ahead. That's their rights, how come we want hampering it," he said laughing.
At present, according to Sardjono, police has been kept questioning and making the report case of the all suspects. Total of suspects for unrest in Bandung last June 13 are as many as 21 people. "If the files have been finished, it will as soon as possible to submit to the attorney general's office (AGO) for trial," he said.