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Seshmeister
12-14-2011, 08:22 PM
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/aceh-punks-arrested-for-re-education/484549

Aceh ‘Punks’ Arrested for ‘Re-education’

Nurdin Hasan | December 13, 2011


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Banda Aceh. Dozens of young people were being held and punished by Aceh police on Tuesday for the supposed crime of being “punk,” despite not being charged with any crime nor being brought before a court.

The 64 music lovers, some of whom had come from as far as Jakarta and West Java, were arrested by regular and Shariah police as they held a charity concert in Banda Aceh’s Taman Budaya park on Saturday night.

Banda Aceh police took the arrestees on Tuesday afternoon to the Aceh State Police School for “reeducation.” Aceh police chief Ins. Gen. Iskandar Hasan described the punishment awaiting them when they reached the police school in the Seulawah hills, 62 kilometers east of he capital.

“There will be a traditional ceremony. First their hair will be cut. Then they will be tossed into a pool. The women’s hair we’ll cut in the fashion of a female police officer,” Iskander said on Tuesday. “Then we’ll teach them a lesson.”

Iskander denied the punishment constituted a breach of human rights.

“We’ll change their disgusting clothes. We’ll replace them with nice clothes. We’ll give them toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, sandals and prayer gear. It will all be given to them,” he said. “I’ll remind [police] not to breach human rights. We are oriented to educating our community, our nation. This is our country too, right?”

Iskandar said he would invite the Muslim Cleric Council to participate in “restoring their [the arrestees’] right thinking and morals.”

Human rights groups opposed the action.

Evi Narti Zain, executive director of the Aceh Human Rights Coalition, said the police’s action was violent and illegal.

“What is this education? The police’s action is inconsistent because the punks did nothing wrong,” Evi said. “Punk music is their way of expressing themselves. It is normal and is found all around the world. It’s their right to express their freedom. There’s nothing wrong with punk kids.”

Aceh Legal Aid Foundation’s director, Hospinovizal Sabri, said he had tried to get the young people released since their arrest on Saturday night.

“On the night the punks were arrested by the Police and Shariah Police we met with them, and we went again to the police station and spoke to some of them this morning [Tuesday],” Hospinovizal said. “We are working hard to have them released because they have breached no law.”

Hospinovizal said he aimed to take a habeas corpus type action before a judge to have the court force the police to release the young people. “There’s a perception from some quarters in Aceh that they are human rubbish, but it is clear they are innocent and are only expressing their independence in their own way.”

Iskandar said their date of release would “depend on the budget from the regional government.”

Hardrock69
12-15-2011, 03:14 AM
Fucking idiots. Fortunately for the punks the punishment is not nearly as bad as the woman in Saudi Arabia who was beheaded a few days ago for "sorcery and witchcraft".

jhale667
12-15-2011, 10:36 AM
Fucking idiots. Fortunately for the punks the punishment is not nearly as bad as the woman in Saudi Arabia who was beheaded a few days ago for "sorcery and witchcraft".

I saw both of those stories on the way home yesterday...despicable.

Seshmeister
12-15-2011, 11:47 AM
Term 2 of a Tea Party presidency.

jhale667
12-15-2011, 12:07 PM
Term 2 of a Tea Party presidency.

The teahadists ARE all about forcing people to adhere to their (flawed) version of "the correct moral code" aren't they?

sadaist
12-15-2011, 12:25 PM
I see both sides on this one. Back in the 80's all my Mom wanted me to do was cut my hair, clean up, and get rid of all my concert t-shirts & wear "nice" shirts. Also dump the Levis with rips in them. Luckily I grew up out of that phase (for the most part).

So I understand seeing these motley kids & wanting them to clean up & be respectable. I had the misfortune of going to the mall last week & if I had an extra $1000 I would have bought 100 leather belts to hand out to the boys to keep their damn pants up.

I understand the feeling, but this is just one of those things 'old' people have to be tolerant of. The younger generation will always be doing something to piss us off. We should be able to rest easy knowing their own kids will be twice as bad to them.

Doing shit like this will only make more kids rebel & push the limits even further.



*and to preempt your obvious next question "Where the fuck are you finding leather belts for $10?". I saw a bunch at Kohls and even bought one myself. Actually real leather and made in Mexico.

jhale667
12-15-2011, 02:24 PM
I see both sides on this one. Back in the 80's all my Mom wanted me to do was cut my hair, clean up, and get rid of all my concert t-shirts & wear "nice" shirts. Also dump the Levis with rips in them. Luckily I grew up out of that phase (for the most part).

So I understand seeing these motley kids & wanting them to clean up & be respectable. I had the misfortune of going to the mall last week & if I had an extra $1000 I would have bought 100 leather belts to hand out to the boys to keep their damn pants up.

I understand the feeling, but this is just one of those things 'old' people have to be tolerant of. The younger generation will always be doing something to piss us off. We should be able to rest easy knowing their own kids will be twice as bad to them.

Doing shit like this will only make more kids rebel & push the limits even further.



*and to preempt your obvious next question "Where the fuck are you finding leather belts for $10?". I saw a bunch at Kohls and even bought one myself. Actually real leather and made in Mexico.

Parents are always going to object to their kid's hair, clothing and general rebellion once they get to a certain age, but the police detaining and forcibly shaving the kid's heads - giving them lame-ass crew cuts? Indefensible.

Seshmeister
12-15-2011, 08:40 PM
I feel sorry for kids, they are running out of fashion things to do to rebel.

Kind of difficult when your Mum has tattoos and a couple of piercings and grandpa had a mohawk hairstyle in the 70s.

I'm sure they do the pants thing just to annoy us. :D

sadaist
12-16-2011, 04:03 PM
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They sure use tiny microphones in Indonesia.