Jakarta, March 9 (Antara) - Thursday's attack by military personnel on a
police station in South Sumatra, has raised many quarters' concern,
blaming the incident on the lack of communications of the military and
police in the grass-root level.
"We are sad and regret the incident. The attack on a police station in
Ogan Kemering Ulu (OKU) was just another incident which involves the two
institutions. Members of the two institutions have often clashed in the
past," Tjatur Sapto Edi, a member of the House of Representatives
(DPR)'s Commission III on defense affairs, said in Yogyakarta on Friday.
The same concern was also expressed by Hamidah Abdurrachman, member of
the National Police Commission (Kompolnas). She said the acts of the
military personnel who attacked, destroyed and set fire to the police
station were something that stabbed the police institution.
"The commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) should take stern
actions against the TNI members immediately," Hamidah Abdurrachman
said.
A
group of military members from Artillery Battalion 15 of South
Sumatra's Sriwijaya Military Command II attacked the OKU police
headquarters, setting it on fire and injuring a number of police
officers.
They have originally planned to stage a peaceful protest at the police
station and demanded for explanations on the shooting to death of a
military member by a police officer. But the protest later turned into
chaos, with some of them setting fire to it.
The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)'s Deputy Chairman Lukman Hakim
Saifuddin urged National Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Admiral Agus
Suhartono to apologize for the incident.
"The TNI chief should immediately apologize to OKU people for the
unlawful act by TNI members in Ogan Komering Ulu on Thursday," Lukman
said.
Lukman urged the TNI chief and National Police Chief Gen Timur Pradopo
to instruct all military and police members to exercise self-restraint
in order to prevent the OKU incident from spreading.
"It is important to do it to restore public confidence against the TNI and Police," the House deputy chairman noted.
Legislator Tjatur Sapto Edi said the incident indicated that the police
and the military service were lacking communications.
"Police as an institution to maintain security and the military as a
defense apparatus are lacking communications in the grass-root
level. We are convinced that the upper level of both institutions have
built good communications because we have often held coordination with
the two institutions. But in the field, particularly in the grass-root
level, communications are not built," Tjatur said.
He said that both institutions should take control of their members and
maintain conducive situation. "Both parties must meet to find a point
of compromise," he added.
The lawmaker also asked police to settle the shooting case by a police
officer of the military member, by taking him to justice. The military
members who were involved in the arson of the police station should also
receive sanctions.
"I think the key to settle the problem is transparency, openness and
communications. We appealed to the OKU police resort and the military
command to develop intensive communications," the lawmaker said.
Former vice president Jusuf Kalla shared the same view, saying that the
two institutions needed communications. He said that they lacked
communications.
The leaders of the two institutions should set examples in building communications.
"The leaders of the two institutions need to set examples for their
subordinates and build relations between the institutions," Kalla said.
He said all members of Police and TNI must have leadership skill as a
main asset for them.
The former vice president said that the attack by military members of
the OKU police station was a result of problem that existed in the
relations between the two institutions.
"The two institutions have a problem of relations. Relations between
the leaders and the subordinates also have problems," noted Jusuf Kalla.
Regarding the pride of police/military members of their corps, Kalla
said both military and police members must love their corps but their
love must be used for positive things. Their love should not create
something negative for others.
TNI
Commander Admiral Agus Suhartono also acknowledged that military
personnel need to be proud of their own corps and their passion of
war "but it should not be reflected in the wrong place because it would
have sanctions."
He said that in this case the military personnel had taken a wrong action in a wrong place.
Therefore, the TNI will take actions against its personnel who were proven to act unlawfully.
Now
there are 30 members of TNI who are being investigated. A TNI team is
now examining 30 TNI personnel over an attack on police station in Ogan
Komering Ulu, South Sumatra, Agus said.
"According to the army chief, there are 30 military personnel who are now being investigated," the TNI commander said
The
30 military personnel are believed to have been involved in vandalizing
and setting fire on the police station in OKU, South Sumatra.
"We have identified and are examining 30 military personnel. Please wait (the investigation results)," Agus said.
In the meantime, National Police Chief General Timur Pradopo said his
side and the Military Police (POM) officers were now conducting
investigation into the case. "Please give us time (to investigate it),"
he said.
Timur Prodopo said the investigation was conducted based on the
president's directives that the law should be upheld well and
rightfully.
The police chief said the Army commander and the South Sumatra governor
will help rebuild the damaged police station in Ogan Komering Ulu.
"The Army chief and the governor will provide assistance in the
rebuilding of the damaged OKU police headquarters so that it would be
able to provide services to the people again," the police chief said on
Saturday.
Pradopo said that police should not stop their services for the people
only because of the incident. So, the police station should be rebuilt
so that it would resume its services for the people.
In the meantime, the law would be upheld with regard to the attack on
the police station and the shooting of the military personnel by a
police which allegedly triggered the incident***2***
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