Swadaya added that the officers had been acting on their own initiative to try get a confession, saying the snake was non-venomous and tame. “We have taken stern action against the personnel,” he said, adding the officers themselves had not physically attacked the man. The former Dutch colony, the resource-rich western part New Guinea island, was incorporated into Indonesia after a widely criticized UN-backed referendum in 1969. Koman said a snake had also been used in an interrogation of one of her clients, whom she said was a pro-independence activist. Ternyata penggunaan ular untuk interogasi orang Papua yang ditangkap cukup marak.

Source: The Express Tribune February 11, 2019 14:03 UTC