Komnas HAM To Summon BNPT Chairman

Jakarta, Dec 7 (Antara) - The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will summon the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT) Chairman Ansyaad Mbai to inquire into the shooting of suspected terrorists, an act of human rights violation. "We are going to summon the BNPT chairman and the National Police Headquarters to examine and discuss the evidence of suspected terrorists who were shot dead during a raid in South Tangerang recently," Komnas Ham Commissioner Nur Kholis stated on Monday. Nur Kholis noted that he would also try to meet the families of the victims to gather information related to the shooting. "We will try to meet with the families of the victims to discuss the evidence found during the raid, and to learn about other important matters related to the recommendation from various parties about the theology and teachings," he explained. "There are some important evidences, which in my opinion, is related to the theology and teachings that we want to examine with BNPT and then hand over the result to the House of Representatives` Commission-III," he noted. In a bid to examine and learn about the evidence, Nur explained that he would use the approach of enforcement and prevention aspects to find out if the Ciputat incident in South Tangerang violated human rights. Nur suspected that the terrorist activity had something to do with theology because during the raid they had discovered some books by Abu Bakar Ba`asyir about the teaching of "Tadzkirah" that indicated that robbing or stealing for the acts of terrorism was permitted. On New Year`s Eve in Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten province, six terrorist suspects were shot dead during an encounter with the anti-terrorist police squad. National Police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar stated on Wednesday that prior to the New Year`s eve raid, the police had arrested a terrorist suspect named Anton in Banyumas, Central Java province, who had provided information about his accomplices living in the Ciputat area.