A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 118 Para 85. Country Indonesia Date 28/06/07 Type JAL Mandate SUMX; TOR Allegations transmitted Government response same evening, he was limping. On 12 September 2007 at 7.30 p.m. a relative of M.M.B. met the officer in charge of the case. He took her thumb impression on a blank paper, registered her address and threatened that, if she filed any complaints, M.M.B. would be charged with an offense under the Narcotic Substances Act. M.M.B.’s relative, when leaving the police station, saw him lying on the floor. M.M.B. has not been produced before any magistrate so far. Teguh Uripno, a 24-year old resident of Tangerang district. On 20 April 2007 around 11 a.m., he was arrested, handcuffed and taken into custody at Serpong Police Station after a dispute with a police officer. There he was beaten by police officers. When his family heard of the arrest, they went to the police station but were not allowed to see him. They returned the following morning, 21 April 2007, and again were not allowed to see him. The police did not provide specific reasons for the refusal. At around 3.30 p.m. on 21 April several police officers went to the house of Mr. Uripno’s family and informed them that he had died while being taken to a local hospital, whereupon they immediately went to the hospital. They found marks of severe beating on the body. Medical reports indicate that he had a fractured skull, his arm was broken, and other parts of his body were severely bruised. According to the medical reports, his death was due to the trauma suffered by his skull. The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of Tangerang has commenced an investigation into the death. The By letter dated 31/07/08, the Government informed that he was arrested for assaulting a police officer and then taken to Serpong district Sector Police Station. It has been reported that he died on 21 April as he was being taken to hospital allegedly following a beating while in police detention in the Tengarang district the day before. It has been alleged that he was brutally beaten and that this assault proved fatal. It is also the Government’s understanding that while he was remanded into police custody on 20 April, his family was informed of his arrest. Investigations are currently ongoing. The facts of the case are being elucidated by the pertinent authorities in charge. For instance the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Tangerang has been involved in the case and has undertaken its investigations since April 2007. The findings of the CID will be communicated to the appropriate authorities as soon as their report is established. However, the process of investigating involves a detailed sifting through of all the facts and allegations, a process which requires time and

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