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sufficient drinking water. Detainees reportedly had to pay a fee of 10,000 IDR (about 1 $US) in
“rent” to the police. If they did not pay, they reportedly risked being locked up in small single
cells.
84. Martin, aged 47, had been detained at the Polda for 23 days. He reported that in early
November 2007 a detainee had been beaten by an officer. Two other detainees (Martin and a
co-inmate) called the chief of disciplinary police by telephone and reported the incident.
Consequently, Martin was detained in a single cell for four days as a punishment.
POLSEK SIDEMEN (BALI)
(Visited on 19 November 2007)
85. Because so many of the detention facilities the Special Rapporteur had visited in Papua and
Sulawesi had clearly been awaiting him, he decided not to visit the prison and main police
stations in Bali. He rather carried out unannounced visits to smaller police stations away from
Kuta. At the Polsek Sedemen, the Special Rapporteur was received by Ngh. Karya, Head of
Polsek, and Nyomad Sari, Head of the Criminal Investigation Department, who all cooperated
fully with the Special Rapporteur. There were no detainees in the only cell.
86. Iwayan Riko al Segol, aged 32, had allegedly committed suicide on 18 November 2007,
the day before the Special Rapporteur’s visit. The police presented the Special Rapporteur with
photos showing him hanging from the roof of an open cell (bars on the ceiling) with both feet
touching the ground. According to Officer Gede Suntal who found the body, he had seen
Mr Riko still alive on Sunday (18 November 2007) at 5.30 a.m. At his next check at 6.30 a.m.
the same morning he found Mr. Riko suspended from the ceiling. He immediately called a doctor
(Dr. Yehezkiel from nearby Pukemas Sidemen), who arrived at 6.45 a.m. and certified his death,
but did not conduct any medical examinations regarding the cause of death. He did not remove
the sarong (traditional Indonesian piece of clothing) with which he had strangled himself. The
body had been buried the same day because the family allegedly did not wish an autopsy to be
performed.
87. The Special Rapporteur and the forensic doctor had serious doubts whether the suicide
could have been performed by Mr. Riko without having used a chair, as was explained by the
police officers. He went to the hospital and spoke to the doctor who had found the dead body the
day before. The doctor and his superior confirmed that the doctor had not performed any medical
examinations or an autopsy. The Special Rapporteur recommends that autopsies should be
mandatory in all cases of death in detention.
POLRES GIANYAR (BALI)
(Visited on 19 November 2007)
88. The Special Rapporteur was received by Dedy Dhia Dharma, head of Polres, who reported
that he regularly inspects detention places without announcement, but has not received any
complaints since he was appointed in early 2007. Local NGOs (Garansy, Gappar, Baraf)
regularly visit detainees. The cells were located on the fifth floor, with daylight and good
ventilation, but not particularly clean. Visits were allowed every day from 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.,
on weekends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There were eight detainees in one cell.
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