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Oleh Tri Antoro, Selasa, 20 Juni 2017 | 09:21 WIB - Redaktur: Penni Patmawati Rusman - 662
Jakarta, InfoPublik - House of Representatives (DPR RI) Deputy Speaker Taufik Kurniawan considered that the term ‘intimidation’ was more appropriate than “persecution” which was used in the case of a teenager with initials ‘PMA’ in East Jakarta and in the case of Fiera Lovita, a doctor in Solok.
“The contexts of the cases were intimidation. I prefer to use ‘intimidation’,” said Taufik at DPR RI Building, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday (6/6).
He explained that the contextual meaning of ‘persecution’ is an annihilation of a group of people by violence. So, the term was innacurate to describe the incidents. “Persecution is very similar to genocide,” he added.
Taufik also reckoned that legal process should be imposer to both actor and reactor in the two recent ‘persecution’ cases.
“I hope that the legal process is not only imposed on the reacting party,” he concluded. (Translator: Erik Limantara)
