"This morning, I and relatives of the two boys (who died in the custody of Sijunjung police last December 28) reported the case to Komnas HAM in Jakarta and also to the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI)," Vino Oktavia, the family`s lawyer, said over the telephone on Wednesday.
The family believes that Faisal (14) and Busri Azen (17) who were brothers and residents of Jorong Ambacang, Pulasan village in Sijunjung district, had died of unnatural causes during their detention at a police station.
Komnas HAM had promised to send a letter to the National Police Headquarters to investigate the case as examiners from the Padang Legal Aid Institute and local Komnas Ham office had found signs of physical abuse on the teenagers` bodies.
The official autopsy report had said the two had died after hanging themselves but the LBH and Komnas HAM examiners had found bruises and marks left by a blunt object on their feet, hips and arms, Vino said.
On Thursday (Jan 12), he and the two boys` relatives would visit the National Police Headquarters and the House of Representatives Commission III in Jakarta to officially report the case, Vino said. (*)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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