Indonesia: Convicted police general under investigation for abusing fellow inmate

Legal challenge: Former head of the National Police’s international relations division, Insp. Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte, arrives at the South Jakarta District Court on Sept 28, 2020 to attend the hearing of the pretrial lawsuit that he had filed against his being named a suspect in a case involving fugitive graft convict Djoko S. Tjandra. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, Sept 24 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has opened an investigation into an allegation of abuse committed by Insp-Gen Napoleon Bonaparte, who was implicated in a bribery case involving graft convict Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra, of fellow inmate Muhammad Kasman.

The investigation was opened following reports filed by Kasman, also known as Muhammad Kece, on Aug. 26 following the incident, which took place at Bareskrim’s detention center in South Jakarta and reportedly occurred in the early hours of that day.