The commission's team of investigators had also accrued necessary information from this state-owned toll road operator in their endeavors to uncover the fatal shooting case, Head of Komnas HAM's team of investigators, Choirul Anam, revealed.
"We later conduct a more detailed research into several matters that need to be placed in sequence for reconstructing the incident," Anam noted in a statement here, Wednesday.
The human rights commission's team of investigators had also cross-checked information on the ground to follow up and check the info furnished by those from the state-owned toll road operator, he stated.
PT Jasa Marga earlier clarified that several CCTV cameras installed on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road that had reportedly malfunctioned on the day of the encounter were not due to damages but owing to "technical hurdles".
Komnas HAM is relentlessly endeavoring to expose the truth behind the fatal shooting that occurred during an encounter between six FPI members and Jakarta police officers on KM 50 of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road on December 7, 2020.
According to Jakarta Metropolitan Police chief, Inspector General Fadil Imran, on-duty police investigation officers had shot dead six guards of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Habib Rizieq Shihab for attacking them.
The incident took place at 00:30 a.m. local time on Monday, December 7, 2020, on KM 50 of the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, Imran stated.
At the time, the officers were probing information on a likely mobilization of masses for which Shihab was to be probed by the Jakarta Police, he remarked.
The Jakarta Police had summoned Shihab for allegedly violating COVID-19 health protocols during his daughter's wedding that coincided with the maulid, which marks the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, thereby leading to crowding.
"When officers of the Jakarta Metro Jaya Police followed vehicles suspected of carrying MRS (Muhammad Rizieq Shihab) followers, the officers' vehicle was intercepted and then attacked with firearms and sharp weapons," Imran informed.
The Jakarta Police chief confirmed that of the 10 attackers, six were killed in the shooting, while four fled.
Imran confirmed that no casualties or injuries were reported from the police side, though their vehicle had incurred damage after being hit by the vehicle carrying the FPI members, who opened fire.
However, the FPI denied claims that its members had attacked police officers on grounds that they were unarmed.
"FPI members do not have firearms. A shootout is impossible," Munarman, the general secretary of FPI, stated at a press conference.
Asserting that the fatal shooting was an extrajudicial killing, Munarman urged that an independent fact-finding team involving Komnas HAM be formed to uncover the truth behind the incident.
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