Indonesian Police Accused Of Killing Dozens Of Petty Criminals Ahead Of Asian Games
(WorldNews Indonesia)

Police in Indonesia have killed dozens of low-level criminals ahead of hosting the 2018 Asian Games, Amnesty International alleged in a report Thursday, CNN reported. According to Amnesty, the deaths of 31 people between January and August of this year occurred in the host cities of the games, which begin in Jakarta and Palembang on Saturday. The report also said that police had killed at least 77 people across the country during the same period, and it noted a 64 percent increase from 2017 of those killed accused of committing petty crimes. The human rights group described the tactics used by the police as `unnecessary and excessive.` `In the months leading up to the Asian Games, the...