TANGERANG, Banten (Antara): The victim of torture by Malaysian police, Donald Pieters Luther Kolopita, said he was beaten up and kicked in a police car even while he was handcuffed.
"I was helpless as I was hit and kicked in the pit of my stomach, chest and abdomen," Pieters Luther said when he arrived at Soekarno Hatta airport on Monday.
He said that the incident began when he returned after attending a technical meeting of the Asian karate referees at Alison Kelana Hotel in the Nilai district, Malaysia, in the wee hours of Friday last week.
Because there was no more taxis, he chose to return to his hotel on foot but on the way about 60 meters from Alison Kelana hotel, he was stopped and attacked by four Malaysian policemen in plainclothes.
He said he panicked because he thought he was attacked by robbers so that he returned the kicking. But he was overpowered and when he fell and almost unconscious he was handcuffed and dragged to a car.
And in the car the police still kicked and beat him in the stomach and face causing his face to bleed. "The attack lasted for about 15 minutes before they held my wallet, wristwatch and passport," he said.
As a result of the beating the Indonesian Karate team withdrew from the Asian championship in Malaysia.(***)
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