Jokowi Urged to Set Up Team to Investigate Criminalization Cases
19 June 2016 18:14 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A number of civil society organizations has urged President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo to form a presidential team to resolve cases of criminalization because several groups are still experiencing cases of criminalization.
Reports from the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said that at least 25 cases of criminalization occurred in 2015.
This condition did not only happen to public officials such as leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) but also various groups of society such as workers, farmers, fishermen, journalists, to the indigenous peoples.
"Many things make these people be criminalized," said Haris Azhar, Contrast in his office, Central Jakartaon Sunday (19/6).
The motive could be the criminalization of business, politics, or personal problems, Haris said.
Haris added that the election of a new police chief is a momentum to push the government to resolve the cases of criminalization, which in fact were carried out by the police.
MAYA AYU PUSPITASARI
