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Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has found that two boys who died in police custody were tortured to death by police officers.
The boys were arrested for petty thief in West Sumatra and found two days later dead in the police station.
The police claim the boys hung themselves, but have admitted after intense public pressure that the boys were tortured while in custody.
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Indonesian police ‘torture’ children: Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has found that two boys who died in police custody were tortured to death by police officers. The boys were arrested for petty thief in West Sumatra and found two days later dead in the police station. The police claim the boys hung themselves, but have admitted after intense public pressure that the boys were tortured while in custody. As Citra Dyah Prastuti reports their death is the latest in a string of cases of police abuse in Indonesia. She speaking with Setra Linda, the sister of the boys who died.
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