Five Indonesian military personnel detained in Langkat caging case


A police officer inspects one of the two iron-barred cells discovered at the house of graft suspect Terbit Rencana Perangin-Angin, the inactive regent of Langkat, North Sumatra. - Antara

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The Bukit Barisan Military Command (Kodam) 1 has detained five Army personnel after they were named as suspects in the case involving the illegal and fatal caging of people at the residence of the inactive regent of Langkat, North Sumatra.

A total of 10 Army personnel have been named suspects in the case.

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