Punks in Indonesia arrested and "taught a lesson"
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Permalink Reply by Giant Mohawk Man on
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Wow, totally crazy. Here is another article
CAPTION:In this photograph taken on Tuesday a police officer lectures a group of detained Indonesian punks at a police school in Aceh Besar in Aceh province. (AFP Photo)
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Banda Aceh. Deputy mayor Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal says she doesn’t mind getting her hands dirty in her crusade against the punk community of Banda Aceh, proudly telling of how she has supervised police raids at cafes and city parks in recent months.
“The presence of the punk community is disturbing, and disrupts the life of the Banda Aceh public,” Illiza told the Jakarta Globe.
Sixty-four young people have been held by the Aceh Police since Saturday for the supposed crime of being “punk”. They have not been charged with any crime or brought before a court.
On Tuesday afternoon, police took the detainees to the Aceh State Police camp, located in the hills 62 kilometers outside of the city, to “re-educate” them. Mohawks and dyed hair came off as police shaved the men’s heads and forced them into a lake. The women’s hair was cut short in the fashion of a female police officer.
“This is a new social disease affecting Banda Aceh. If it is allowed to continue, the government will have to spend more money to handle them,” the deputy mayor said, adding that religious scholars were assisting at the camp.
One of the 64 detainees, a punk music fan from Medan, North Sumatra, said he had traveled to Banda Aceh to take part in a concert that aimed to raise money for orphans.
“What is going on here? I work as a contractor for a bank in Medan. I’ll probably be sacked for not coming in to work for a week,” said the man, who asked to remain anonymous.
When his case was put to Illiza, the deputy mayor responded: “He’s part of the punk community and whoever was caught has to go through our reeducation so they wake up.”
She said the police would hold people from outside the province of Aceh for 10 days, but that Acehnese natives could be held longer.
“If they join the punks, they will be treated the same as the rest of them,” she added.
Link to rest of article
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Permalink Reply by Kobalos on
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Some more extract, as to why they are getting arrested:
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"They told us in their permit application that they were Aceh Youth, holding a concert to raise money for orphans, but they didn’t say they were punks. They had marijuana and alcohol and everything at that concert," Illiza said.
Illiza added that public places in the city such as Taman Sari and the Tsunami Museum were becoming unattractive because young people did not take regular baths and dressed shabbily.
"Their morals are wrong. Men and women gather together, and that is against Islamic Shariah," she said.
Illiza, who claimed she has the support of the public, said the police would continue to hunt for punks in Banda Aceh.
“We will keep conducting raids until they’re all caught, then we’ll bring them for reeducation here.”
“Aceh is a Shariah region,” Illiza added. “Everyone should obey it and the punk community is clearly against Shariah.”
“This training will be an example in Indonesia of the reeducation of the punks.”
-----------------------------------------------------All seems to come down to the authorities enforcing a religion's beliefs to force others to conform completely. The curious thing is, that it's not limited to Sharia's Law, even the Bible includes a passage saying men should not cut the sides of their hair & beard. Ah, yeah, Leviticus 19:27, lots of variations in the different Bible editions.
"You shall not shave around the sides of your heads, neither shall you disfigure the corners of your beard." - King James Edition 2003
Ain't it interesting, every guy with short, back and sides and no beard is breaking it. Ever so glad I won't get pulled to a camp and forcedly 're-educated' in the forseeable future. Terrible situation for them.
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Permalink Reply by Aydyn Haylyn on
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This is the same story that AussieAlex was talking about, except you just found it on a different site, but I am glad you posted yours because it has a picture and we don't need to go to the link.
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Permalink Reply by Luca on
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Fuck the police, fuck the law, this is all I want to say... Well, there are crazy things on the east... I'm happy, because this cant happen in my country.
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Same here! The only thing is cops are soo bad where I live they will probably just plan something on me. They've tried already.
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Permalink Reply by Patches on
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That's some fucking bullshit, that is close to what the Nazi party did. I. understand they aren't killing people but they are trying to kill off a certain set of beliefs and type of personal style. What it comes down to is that the world is a messed up place however it is finding the little things that make life worth living.
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary line and adding to one's liberty - Henri Frederic Amiel
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Permalink Reply by Brody Scumdog on
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This is fucking ridiculous. I've been hearing about it from quite afew sources.
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Do remember, Adolf Hitler was a member of the League of Nations for some time before WW2 (Early Thirties.) The USA is on the security council, along with Russia and I believe China. That means they can do what ever the fuck they want. The whole UN thing is just a cover up, and a loop hole. Why fix the problems in society, when "Important" retards congregate in a big room to not agree on anything. It's fucked. In the all honest opinion, no matter where you go, you get fucked.
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SOO fucking true!!! Because that shit can happen anywhere. They might not shave our hair and make us pray, but they damn sure will try to plant drugs on us or come up with some other bullshit excuse to throw us in jail or give us an expensive-ass ticket. And of course, no matter fucking what... they always take the cops side unless they have ABSOLUTELY NO choice. All government is fucked up and all most cops are worried about is their quota. FUCK THE WORLD!
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"If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law" - Thoreau
Too bad the Indonesian government doesn't doesn't understand a hands off approach.
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