Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has said there was a human rights violation when the police arrested students at the National University (Unas) on May 24.

"The police entered the campus without following procedures," said Nur Kholis, a Komnas HAM member who is head of the investigative team for incident at Unas, yesterday (15/7).

This conclusion was included in a 112-page report presented at the Komnas HAM's plenary meeting.

The meeting is being continued today for further discussion. "We will decide about this tomorrow (today)," said Nur Kholis.

The investigative team has been working for seven weeks ago. Some 12 people were examined as witnesses, and 91 pieces of evidence were collected including documentation, damaged vehicles, 15 rubber bullets, and two grenades.

According to Nur Kholis, the police broke police regulation No.16/2006 regarding crowd control.

The police attacked campus without clear reason. "It just because the police were tired and emotional," he said.

The police are also considered to have broken criminal code article 170 for attacking the students.

The commission recommended the police to conduct an internal investigation into their members. "Who made the decision to attack the campus."

Nur Kholis said he believed that the police will follow the recommendations as they are committed to reform their institution. "When violations are discovered, sanction will be imposed," he said.

Regarding the death of Unas student, Maftuh Fauzi, Nur Kholis was not prepared to comment.

"There is a regulation forbidding me to talk about it," he said. "The autopsy report will be presented in a court as evidence."

The commission recommended that the Health Department to punish the hospital for announcing the Maftuh's death without permission from Maftuh's family. "This is a criminal offense," he said.

Head of public relations at the Indonesian police, Gen. Abubakar Nataprawira, refused to comment over the commission's investigative report. "We have not yet received it," said Abubakar.

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