Indonesia’s military arrests 13 elite soldiers accused of involvement in ‘cruel torture’
- The video that emerged in recent days on social media shows men who appear to be soldiers kicking, beating and dunking a man in a barrel of water
- All 13 suspects had been detained at the military police’s maximum-security detention centre in West Java for further investigation
The video that emerged in recent days on social media shows men who appear to be soldiers kicking, beating and dunking the man in a barrel of water.
“This is a violation of the law and we will act according to the applicable laws and regulations,” army spokesman Brigadier General Kristomei Sianturi told a news conference on Monday, adding: “This is what we regret, that the Indonesian military or Indonesian army never taught, never approved any violence in asking for information.”
Sianturi said the incident occurred at a post for the border security task force in Puncak, a mountainous district of Central Papua province, on February 3.
At least five men are seen in the video beating a man, taunting him with racist slurs and slicing into his back with a machete.
Sianturi said all 13 suspects had been detained at the military police’s maximum-security detention centre in West Java for further investigation.