Indonesian democratic policing discussed at the International Human Rights Conference

Australia hosts this years' International Conference on Human Rights Education which takes place at Western Sydney University on 26-29 November. The only panelist from Indonesia, Mr Majda El Muhtaj, explained the development of policing in Indonesia at the ninth international conference.

Majda El Muhtaj (L), Indonesian speaker at the 9th International Conference on Human Rights Education, Western Sydney University Source: Supplied

After the reforms that took place in Indonesia in 1998, the country's national police force - Polri - was separated from the army and then placed under the President. Since then, bureaucratic reform has begun towards an independent, useful and professional Police.

Now 20 years have passed, how is the development of policing in the democracy country?

Majda El Muhtaj, Head of the Centre for Human Rights Studies (Pusham) and Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Science (FIS) at the Medan State University (Unimed), had been conducting three researches in the last five years which its results were part of the contents of his presentation at the 9ᵗʰ International Conference on Human Rights Education.

Majda El Muhtaj (R) had been conducting three researches in five years on democratic policing Source: Supplied

Mr Muhtaj, who is also the external supervisor of the National Police member's reception for the North Sumatra Regional Police, talked to SBS Indonesian about what was interesting and important of what he spoke about at the conference.

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