Police & Law Enforcement

May 2013

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – May 3, 2013

National police chief General Timur Pradopo: ABC! Criminal Code! XYZ!

Man: The law is right... but law enforcers?

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – May 1, 2013

Cop: Excuse me

March 2013

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – March 27, 2013

Public mistrust in the legal system accompanied by an alarming trend toward street justice appears to be on the rise, with a new LSI survey finding 57% of the public are dissatisfied with law enforcement and the majority believe that the police act unfairly and easily accommodate vested interests.

January 2012

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – January 14, 2012

A 17-year-old boy at the center of a legal and public relations storm was found guilty on Wednesday of stealing a pair of sandals from a police officer and released into the custody of his parents.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – January 11, 2012

Arm band reads: Corruptor

The arrest of a juvenile who stole a pair of cheap sandals is only the latest in a series of cases where police have locked up children for petty crimes while rampant official corruption and theft of millions in public funds is often punished with just a slap on the wrist.

September 2011

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – September 10, 2011

Man (holding forged document): You’re the chicken thief!

News/West Papua
Kompas – September 5, 2011

Jakarta – Jayapura district police have been accused of torturing 15 witnesses who were initially suspected of being members of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) in a violence related case in Abepura.

June 2011

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – June 8, 2011

1st Man: White-collar crime, the judicial mafia, shady conglomerates, or a corruptor?

2nd Man: A robber!

April 2011

News/Indonesia
Detik.com – April 18, 2011

Adi Lazuardi, Jakarta – It is predicted that the authority provided to the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) under the draft intelligence law could give rise to new rivalry between the national police, particularly in anti-terrorism projects.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – April 6, 2011

1st Man: What are you, a thug, a terrorist, a loan shark, or a cop?

2nd Man: A debt collector!