Criminalized

The police arrested activist Robertus Robet for making a speech against the return of military involvement in the government. The military itself was not offended by his words.

Linda Trianita

March 12, 2019

Just before midnight on Wednesday last week, five police officers showed up at the residence of Robertus Robet, a human rights activist and lecturer at Jakarta State University (UNJ), in Depok. Thee officers from the Cyber-Crime Directorate of the Criminal Investigation Unit at the National Police Headquarters, led by Sr. Comsr. Ricky Naldo Chairul, Chief of Sub-Directorate II, showed a warrant for Robet’s arrest.

The police felt that Robe

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