The facility says police are investigating allegations connected to a video of detainees. No official findings on the employees’ involvement had been released at the time of the report.
The administration of Indonesia’s Class I Depok detention centre has reported two employees to police over alleged links to a viral video showing what was described as a drug party involving detainees. Security chief Bogi Nurseto told ANTARA that police were still investigating and had not announced findings at the time of his comments.
Nurseto said the employees worked in the security unit and the work-guidance section. He said the facility respected the police process. If the employees are found to have been involved, disciplinary action would be taken under civil-service rules.
Detention centre head Ario Galih Maduseno had earlier said officials were examining the video and checking detainees who appeared in it. He said about 22 people in the room shown had been examined, with three or four still under further review. The report described the video as showing people in a room with loud music, some of them dancing.
Maduseno cited limited staffing as a security challenge. The centre held about 1,279 detainees, while around 10 staff members were on duty per shift, he said. The facility had brought in outside partners, including police, the military, the local narcotics agency and the police mobile brigade, to strengthen monitoring.
Other Indonesian outlets have also reported a police investigation into the video. At the time of ANTARA’s report, the allegations against the two employees had not been confirmed by official findings. The detention centre said it would not tolerate drug trafficking and would conduct its review transparently.