Prosecutor denies torture allegation from Auj e Taqaddas

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DENPASAR, kanalbali.com – The Badung Prosecutor on Wednesday has denied torture allegation from Auj E Taqaddas, a British woman who has been sentenced to 6 months for slapping Indonesian Immigration officer. "We never torture her. Yes, it is true that she has bruise, but it was not because of torture. It was the consequense of our attempt to control her," said intelligence section head of Badung Prosecutor Office, Waher Tarihoran on Wednesday (20/2).

A video taken at immigration detention center in Jimbaran, on Feb 6, has showed how she threw another tantrum. She destroyed everything inside the room that she should be staying. The immigration and prosecutor team force to move her to other room with more limited facility.

On her twitter account, [email protected] , Taqaddas have tweet some photo that show her bruises, saying that she was tortured. "Pls see torture carried out by corrupt prosecutor Triarta and his two men on 7th Feb 2019," she tweeted on Feb 8.

In her twitter, Taqaddas also said that UK consulate has refuse to see her as prosecutor told them that they could not meet her. "The UK high commission and consulate are refusing to come to see me as prosecutor has told them they can not see me. They both are liars. I am entitled to see whoever I want especially my embassy staff but they are making lousy excuse to delay appeal process," she wrote.

In her twitter, she also write complaint over UK government policy and said she would like to be asylum seeker and move to Russia.

Waher emphasized that prosecutor never prohibited UK consulate to meet Taqaddas at the immigration detention."Its a provocative statement, and its not true," he said.

He explained that the UK consulate has meet Taqaddas on Feb 8. "There was no complaint and objection over her condition to the consulate at that time," Waher said.

Waher also deplored Taqaddas accusation that prosecutor does not proceed her appeal. "Prosecutor has initiated to help her to get her right for appeal. Prosecutor help her to sign the appeal and submitted it to Denpasar court on Feb 12. So, the appeal has officially been submitted now," he emphasized.