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Yogyakarta, CNN Indonesia –
A student from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Yogyakarta, Akhfa Rahman Nabiel (20) became one of the victims of the security forces during a demonstration against the Omnibus Law that ended in chaos, at the DIY DPRD building, on October 8, 2020.
When visited by the UGM leadership, Nabiel admitted that he was still experiencing shortness of breath after experiencing physical violence until his face was bruised from being beaten.His face was bruised from being beaten by several officers while being interrogated in one of the rooms of the DIY DPRD building, at the time.
“I hit my head and face several times, until the butt of my glasses broke,” Nabiel recalls quoted by the UGM website, on Sunday (11/10).
The Philosophy Faculty student also revealed that he was asked to admit to being a provocateur in the demo, because he saw the content of the WhatsApp chat message about the demo from his cell phone.
There has been no statement or response from the security apparatus regarding Nabiel’s statement. CNNIndonesia.com He has contacted Public Relations of Polda Yogyakarta but has not received a response.
In fact, Nabiel said, the contents of the conversation were just jokes with other UGM student friends about their plan to cover the rally in Malioboro.
“They consider my talk with this student chaotic to provoke a demonstration in the DPRD Building,” he lamented.
Nabiel also said that when the demonstration against the Job Creation Law was taking place, she was late and followed other protesters on motorcycles, from the UGM roundabout to the DIY DPRD building in the Malioboro area of Yogyakarta.
At that time, he also brought two boxes of water to distribute to the protesters. After parking the vehicle in the Abu Bakar Ali parking area, Nabiel joined the group of UGM students and distributed water.
He was in first position when the demonstration broke out again in front of the entrance to the DIY DPRD complex.
Nabiel suspected that the riots occurred because the security forces were sparked by the actions of some of the protesters who were still teenagers.
“By the way, my position was right behind the personnel (of the apparatus). When the confrontations and the chaos began, I also resigned with the police, I entered the DPRD room,” he said.
However, while he was in the DPRD room, one of the officers approached Nabiel and began questioning him. From there they picked him up along with other protesters and took him to the top floor of the building.
His cell phone was also confiscated and he was repeatedly beaten. Also, because he didn’t want to admit to being a provocateur.
Towards dusk, Nabiel was told to squat from the third floor of the DPRD building to a van to be taken to Yogyakarta police.
However, as his condition began to weaken, he was unable to walk, so the officers took him to the police station. In fact, he also received oxygen assistance before finally being taken to hospital because his condition was weakening.
Meanwhile, the Director of Student Affairs of the UGM, Suharyadi, when he visited Nabiel on October 9, gave him a lot of motivation to recover quickly and be able to return to his activities.
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