China News Agency, Jakarta, January 11 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) Indonesian President Joko Widodo stated at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on the 11th that the government of the country has admitted that there have been at least 12 serious violations of human rights in the past.
According to a report on the website of the Indonesian Presidential Palace on the same day, the 12 serious human rights violations include incidents from 1965 to 1966, riots in May 1998, and incidents in Aceh, Papua and other places in Indonesia.
Widodo said he had received and "carefully read" the report of the "Investigative Committee on Non-judicial Solutions to Human Rights Violations" headed by Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mafud.
Jokowi said that as Indonesia's head of state, he "has a clear head and a sincere heart to admit that serious violations of human rights have indeed occurred in various incidents".
Widodo expressed deep regret over the 12 human rights violations that occurred in the past, and expressed deep sympathy to the victims and their families.
He said the Indonesian government was "working to restore the rights of the victims in a fair and sensible manner without denying judicial solutions".
Jokowi said he and the Indonesian government were committed "to not repeating serious human rights violations in Indonesia in the future".
In August 2022, Jokowi issued a presidential decree announcing the establishment of the "Investigative Committee on Non-judicial Solutions to Human Rights Violations", with Mafud as the chairman of the committee to investigate serious human rights violations in Indonesia in the past.
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