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News Focus: SBY-NAJIB TALKS RECOMMENDED TO SETTLE INDONESIAN WORKERS' SHOOTING
By Eliswan Azly
Jakarta, April 19 (ANTARA) - The appeal made by Alex Ong, executive director of Migrant Care, to the Malaysian and Indonesian governments to discuss the recnt shooting of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia has been hailed by at least two observers.
Dr Sofyan Siregar, a political analyst who is also a lecturer at the European Islamic University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in an emailed massage on Monday said it would be highly appreciated if talks between the leaders of the two countries on the matter could be arranged.
"All possible ways should be pursued to prevent the Malaysian crackdown on migrant workers from creating a negative perception of the event , although it was done in inhumane manner," he said.
Before discussing the issue, the Indonesian government needed to summon the Malaysian ambassador in Jakarta to present him with a protest against the shootings, he said.
According to Sofyan, if the three Indonesian workers were suspected of a crime , they should have been brought to justice, not shot at will.
Sharing Sofyan's opinion, Said Nizar, an international law expert of Hassanuddin University in Makassar, said the idea of talks between the two heads of government was good.
"But, the problem now is whether President Yudhoyono considers the issue crucial enough to discuss it with his Malsyian counterpart," he said, adding that it all depended on SBY to see how important it was.
This was not the first violent crackdown by Malaysian police against Indonesians. "It is still fresh in our mind how Malaysian police some time ago tortured an Indonesian karate coach who was in Kuala Lumpur at the invitation of the Malaysian government," Nizar said.
The Indonesian karate trainer, despite having been invited by Malaysia, was manhandled and tortured by Malaysian police merely based on suspicion.
Inhuman crackdowns and treatment by Malaysian police are often experienced by Indonesian migrant workers in the neighboring country , Nizar said.
Alex Ong, who is also chairman of the Javanese Solidarity Group Society, said the shooting of three Indonesian migrant workers by Malaysian police should be discussed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak during their meeting on May 17-18.
Malaysian police had shot dead many Indonesian migrant workers suspected of involvement in crimes, Alex Ong said.
The three dead Indonesians were reported to hail from Sampang, Madura, East Java.
In the meantime, some witnesses who saw the Malaysian police action said the three Indonesians were picked up by the police from an Internet cafe, not in a way as told by the Malaysian side.
The Malaysian side reported that the three Indonesian workers were shot dead after they tried to attack Malaysian police following a car accident involving their Proton Saga car and a police patrol car.
The Indonesian workers' car and the police patrol car collided. The Proton Saga tried to flee but hit a tree in the Danau Kota Putri area, according to the police.
The Proton Saga's passengers got off and tried to attack the police.
Selangor Police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar said the three Indonesians were members of the "Gondol Rubbers Ring" which was involved in a rubbery at 19 houses in a number of Malaysian states.
But witnesses told the Indonesian embassy that the three men had been picked up by the police at an Internet cafe in the Damansar area.
The Indonesian embassy is now investigating the case. The bodies of the tree Indonesians have been sent home.
In the meantime, Indonesian police as reported by the Jakarta Post, are also likely to invetigate the shooting of the three workers to death by Malaysian police over alleged robbery after heir bodies arrived in Surabaya, East Java, last week.
A forensics team carried out an autopsy on the bodies of the three men - Muchlis, Musdi and Abdul Sanu - at the Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Surabaya prior to sending them off to their hometown in Beduk Tobai Tengah village in Sampang, Madura Island.
East Java Police spokeswoman Pudji Astuti said the autopsy was part of the investigation into the case. "The investigation is being handled by the National Police Headquarters, and we asked for an autopsy as ordered from Jakkarta," " she said.
Forensics expert Munin Idris from Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Jakarta, said there were other injuries on the bodies besides gunshot wounds, indicating excessive use of force, but he declined to provide more details. "The bodies are warm and stiff due to too much formaldehyde," he said.
The Indonesian police would conduct their own investigation after receiving conflicting reports from several witnesses, including the victims' co-workers.
"We want to make sure that they really died from gunshots." Malaysian media had reported the three men were believed to be responsible for robberies at 19 houses, including the house of senator Wira Syed Al Habshee, and another at the Saujana Golf Resort in Subang, causing more than Rp 1.7 billion in financial losses.
Selangor Police chief Khalid Abu Bakar was quoted as saying the three were shot dead on March 16. They had been involved in a car chase with police, but had crashed into a tree and had attempted to attack police with firearms and blades, he said.
Another source said witnesses had told the Indonesian Embassy officials that prior to the shooting, the three, along with three other migrant workers, had been picked up from home by police. The whereabouts of the other three workers remains unknown. The embassy also reported the six migrant workers had been detained without a warrant, the source said.
Syafiuddin, a relative of one of the victims, Muchlis, said the families had urged police to thoroughly investigate the incident, adding the three construction workers were not criminals. "They were good people," he said at the Surabaya hospital.
"They couldnt even drive, despite what the Malaysian police said." Beduk Tobai Tengah village chief Rosul said Musdi had worked in Malaysia for more than 10 years without incident, sending back money to his mother every month and coming home once a year to see his child.
Jakarta, April 19 (ANTARA) - The appeal made by Alex Ong, executive director of Migrant Care, to the Malaysian and Indonesian governments to discuss the recnt shooting of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia has been hailed by at least two observers.
Dr Sofyan Siregar, a political analyst who is also a lecturer at the European Islamic University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in an emailed massage on Monday said it would be highly appreciated if talks between the leaders of the two countries on the matter could be arranged.
"All possible ways should be pursued to prevent the Malaysian crackdown on migrant workers from creating a negative perception of the event , although it was done in inhumane manner," he said.
Before discussing the issue, the Indonesian government needed to summon the Malaysian ambassador in Jakarta to present him with a protest against the shootings, he said.
According to Sofyan, if the three Indonesian workers were suspected of a crime , they should have been brought to justice, not shot at will.
Sharing Sofyan's opinion, Said Nizar, an international law expert of Hassanuddin University in Makassar, said the idea of talks between the two heads of government was good.
"But, the problem now is whether President Yudhoyono considers the issue crucial enough to discuss it with his Malsyian counterpart," he said, adding that it all depended on SBY to see how important it was.
This was not the first violent crackdown by Malaysian police against Indonesians. "It is still fresh in our mind how Malaysian police some time ago tortured an Indonesian karate coach who was in Kuala Lumpur at the invitation of the Malaysian government," Nizar said.
The Indonesian karate trainer, despite having been invited by Malaysia, was manhandled and tortured by Malaysian police merely based on suspicion.
Inhuman crackdowns and treatment by Malaysian police are often experienced by Indonesian migrant workers in the neighboring country , Nizar said.
Alex Ong, who is also chairman of the Javanese Solidarity Group Society, said the shooting of three Indonesian migrant workers by Malaysian police should be discussed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak during their meeting on May 17-18.
Malaysian police had shot dead many Indonesian migrant workers suspected of involvement in crimes, Alex Ong said.
The three dead Indonesians were reported to hail from Sampang, Madura, East Java.
In the meantime, some witnesses who saw the Malaysian police action said the three Indonesians were picked up by the police from an Internet cafe, not in a way as told by the Malaysian side.
The Malaysian side reported that the three Indonesian workers were shot dead after they tried to attack Malaysian police following a car accident involving their Proton Saga car and a police patrol car.
The Indonesian workers' car and the police patrol car collided. The Proton Saga tried to flee but hit a tree in the Danau Kota Putri area, according to the police.
The Proton Saga's passengers got off and tried to attack the police.
Selangor Police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar said the three Indonesians were members of the "Gondol Rubbers Ring" which was involved in a rubbery at 19 houses in a number of Malaysian states.
But witnesses told the Indonesian embassy that the three men had been picked up by the police at an Internet cafe in the Damansar area.
The Indonesian embassy is now investigating the case. The bodies of the tree Indonesians have been sent home.
In the meantime, Indonesian police as reported by the Jakarta Post, are also likely to invetigate the shooting of the three workers to death by Malaysian police over alleged robbery after heir bodies arrived in Surabaya, East Java, last week.
A forensics team carried out an autopsy on the bodies of the three men - Muchlis, Musdi and Abdul Sanu - at the Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Surabaya prior to sending them off to their hometown in Beduk Tobai Tengah village in Sampang, Madura Island.
East Java Police spokeswoman Pudji Astuti said the autopsy was part of the investigation into the case. "The investigation is being handled by the National Police Headquarters, and we asked for an autopsy as ordered from Jakkarta," " she said.
Forensics expert Munin Idris from Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Jakarta, said there were other injuries on the bodies besides gunshot wounds, indicating excessive use of force, but he declined to provide more details. "The bodies are warm and stiff due to too much formaldehyde," he said.
The Indonesian police would conduct their own investigation after receiving conflicting reports from several witnesses, including the victims' co-workers.
"We want to make sure that they really died from gunshots." Malaysian media had reported the three men were believed to be responsible for robberies at 19 houses, including the house of senator Wira Syed Al Habshee, and another at the Saujana Golf Resort in Subang, causing more than Rp 1.7 billion in financial losses.
Selangor Police chief Khalid Abu Bakar was quoted as saying the three were shot dead on March 16. They had been involved in a car chase with police, but had crashed into a tree and had attempted to attack police with firearms and blades, he said.
Another source said witnesses had told the Indonesian Embassy officials that prior to the shooting, the three, along with three other migrant workers, had been picked up from home by police. The whereabouts of the other three workers remains unknown. The embassy also reported the six migrant workers had been detained without a warrant, the source said.
Syafiuddin, a relative of one of the victims, Muchlis, said the families had urged police to thoroughly investigate the incident, adding the three construction workers were not criminals. "They were good people," he said at the Surabaya hospital.
"They couldnt even drive, despite what the Malaysian police said." Beduk Tobai Tengah village chief Rosul said Musdi had worked in Malaysia for more than 10 years without incident, sending back money to his mother every month and coming home once a year to see his child.
