Human Rights Groups Accuse Indonesian Police of Killing at least 31 people in Crime Crackdown Before Asian Games

New Delhi: As Indonesia is preparing to host the upcoming Asian Games, a serious crackdown has been initiated by the Police in order to keep a check on increasing crime rates in the country.

Amnesty International, a rights group has accused that the Indonesian police crackdown has resulted in the death of at least 31 people.

As per reports published in the local Indonesian Media, the police officials have been instructed to adopt ‘Shoot-At-Sight’ policy against anyone who tries to evade the law or resist the police crackdown.

Amnesty International's statements claim that the Indonesian police are enjoying a “license to Kill” policy even against suspects who are yet to be proven guilty by the court of law.

As per a report published by the rights group, till now at least 77 suspects in various crimes have already been eliminated by the vigilante police between January and August, this year. The report also claims that of those suspects killed by the Indonesian Police, 31 were directly connected with the upcoming Asian Games, which is set to inaugurate on Saturday in Jakarta and Palembang.

Outside the Olympics, the Asian Games is the largest multi-discipline sports competition with nearly 12,000 athletes expecting to compete. Indonesian Police department has deputed 100,000 police officers and soldiers to provide security during the 18^th Asian Games and thwart off any untoward incidences.

Human Rights Watch, another group that advocates Human Rights told the media that “The Asian Games are intended to celebrate human achievement, not provide a pretext for a police ‘shoot to kill’ policy in the name of crime control.”