Prabowo to See Police Chief over Assault on Ratna Sarumpaet

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Presidential candidate number 02, Prabowo Subianto, said that he would immediately meet with National Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian to discuss the assault on activist Ratna Sarumpaet.

"We plan to ask for a time to meet with the National Police chief and other officials to discuss this case," Prabowo said at his residence on Jalan Kertanegara IV, Jakarta, Tuesday night.

He said after the assault incident that befell Ratna Sarumpaet, which took place on September 21, Sarumpaet and her family members did not dare to report because they also received threats from unknown perpetrators.

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Prabowo emphasized that what happened to Sarumpaet was very intolerable because violence in any form could not be justified in a democratic country.

"For me, this is an act that has gone too far. Even though Ratna Sarumpaet is resigned to her fate, we are going to question it [to the police chief]," Prabowo said.

Previously, outspoken antigovernment activist Ratna Sarumpaet reportedly suffered injuries to her face after being assaulted in Bandung, West Java.

Pictures purportedly featuring swollen eyes and bruising to her face spread on social media on Tuesday.

“Yes, we received information that she was attacked in a car when she arrived at the airport in Bandung, West Java,” said Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, a spokesman of the campaign team endorsing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno.

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