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Officials Fire Local Shariah Police Chief Over Aceh Rape Case
Nurdin Hasan | January 21, 2010

A woman walks past by a sign advising people to wear Muslim attire at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh. (Photo: Heri Juanda, AP) A woman walks past by a sign advising people to wear Muslim attire at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh. (Photo: Heri Juanda, AP)
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JohnnyCool
7:01pm Jan 30, 2010

"Syahril has been transferred to the office of the Langsa administration, where he will hold no specific position."

Why does he have ANY "position"?


newscruzer1
10:28am Jan 25, 2010

It's a sad thing when those who we trust that wear the badge can't be trusted.

This is not to say all police officers are bad, for they're not.

What is good about this case is the fact the ones responsible for this horrible act were brought up on charges and dismissed.

I know first hand of officers who have committed crimes, proven that they did, and nothing ever done about it.

Three police officers perjured themselves in court, proven that they did, and the judge never addressed the issue, let alone do anything to punish these law breakers.

In America it's said everyone can have their fair day in court, well, I have a saying and it is this

"THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ANY FAITH IN OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM ARE ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE FAILED TO HAVE ANY DEALINGS WITH IT"

Then there was a police chief who was investigated for rape, that case was given a white wash, and he was allowed to leave the department with a retirement package in place.

Again justice was never served.

I had police officers trump up phony charges against me, lying in their police report, and here again nothing was done about it, even after it was proved that they did so.

The thing that bothers me most about acts such as this is that it not only paints other police officers as being corrupt, but the fact so many good men and women have and are going to war, giving their lives, hearts and souls to protect our freedoms, so that we can have a judicial system where citizens can go and have their grievances and wrongs against them righted, only to discover we are dealing with a corrupt system that seemingly only takes care of their own. The good ol'e boy factor if you will.

Justice is spelled... JUST-US!

There are so many in this country that are no just-us'es

How are we to raise our children, teaching them to believe in this system, that it is a just system when acts such as these go on!

Where is one to turn for justice anymore, please you tell me, cause i sure don't know.

The only constellation I have is knowing within myself that I am not alone and that in time I have learned to live with it, as difficult as it is, I live with it.

I also have a faith in my creator and know that we're living in times of Un -fairness and deceit, and that he in his own good time will usher in a new order, where those with with dark hearts will be dealt with justly.

In the meantime, peace be onto you.

" CAN YOU HEAR THE ANGELES CRYING "


Wong Edan
9:53pm Jan 23, 2010

If they cut hands off thieves, an appropriate punishment for the pigs that raped this poor women springs to mind...

Marmz
9:48pm Jan 23, 2010

I read this to my ex-Muslim girlfriend and she is still ranting 10 minutes later - in public - and I am hugging her in public. Don't the Syariah scum realise they are disaffecting the moderates from their own religion?

papaD
11:14am Jan 23, 2010

It really concerns me that such incident did not get enough coverage on national TV network, or even other newspaper for that matter, invisible cencorship?

Banda Aceh. Zulkifli Zainon, the mayor of Langsa city in Aceh, officially dismissed the chief of the local Shariah Police, Syahril, on Wednesday over allegations that three of his officers gang-raped a 20-year-old university student.

Syahril, who also acted as the city’s public order chief, was formally removed from his post during an official ceremony on Tuesday. He was replaced by Syahbainur.

Syahril has been transferred to the office of the Langsa administration, where he will hold no specific position.

“It was only natural that there would be condemnation and pressure from various public elements, from community leaders, nongovernmental organizations and students, to fire the three [officers] and discharge the head of the public order command and Shariah Police,” Zulkifki said following Tuesday’s ceremony.

“We in the government must be alert to see and respond to such demands to avoid unwanted consequences,” he said.

Syahril told the Jakarta Globe on Wednesday that he accepted his dismissal.

“There was a lot of pressure from the public and students to have me fired because of the actions of three of my subordinates,” he said. “I’m responsible for my subordinates’ actions. My dismissal is the consequence and impact of their deed.”

“Maybe it was my fault, not being able to control the Shariah Police members who committed this savagery,” he added.

Syahril said the three alleged rapists had not been fired from their contract positions with the Shariah Police, also known as Wilayatul Hisbah, pending a police investigation and a possible trial.

Syahril said all three suspected rapists were married and had children. Police he said, continued to interrogate two of the suspects, identified only by their initials and ages as FA, 28, and MN, 29. The third suspect, identified as 27-year-old Dedi Setiawan, is still at large.

Syahril said news of the alleged rape broke after the victim “cried in her mother’s arms and told her she had been raped by three WH members.”

“The girl’s mother had previously received a call from the police telling her to come to the police station to pick up her daughter,” he said.

He added that on Jan. 7, the student had been detained with her boyfriend near a traffic circle on the city ring road and the pair were brought in by the three police officers accused of the rape for “interrogation and re-education.”

“Around dusk the Shariah Police had finished questioning and re-educating them and asked for [the couple’s] address so their parents could be contacted,” Syahril said. “The couple refused to divulge the information, maybe because they were afraid their parents would find out. So they were told to spend the night in different rooms of the office.”

“Then, early Friday morning, we learned that the officers went back to rape the girl.”

Despite the scandal, the Shariah Police have continued to conduct patrols across the province, though the frequency of the patrols has been cut back to avoid a public backlash.

“Now, you cannot see young people hugging their lovers on motorcycles or sitting close together in quiet places. Maybe this rape incident has served as a lesson to teach the public and parents to become more aware of the need to properly educate their children,” Syahril said.

Asked if the people of Langsa were frightened that members of the Shariah Police might commit similar crimes, Syahril said: “Possibly. But we hope this kind of shameful case will not happen again. My three subordinates have besmirched the name of the WH and the implementation of Islamic Shariah that is being promoted in Aceh.”

Aceh’s deputy governor, Muhammad Nazar, said on Tuesday that there was no need to disband the province’s Shariah Police because there was no legal obligation to do so.

Dismissing calls for the Shariah Police to be disbanded over the case, Nazar said that the alleged rape was not the fault of the organization.

“Just because some individuals do something wrong does not mean the institution should be disbanded,” he said.

“Those who did wrong simply need to face harsh punishment.”