Peranus Balingga

Detainees
Gender
Male
Age when first arrested
27
Age group when first arrested
25-64 (adult)
Date of arrest
Jun 28, 2025
Place of origin
Yahukimo Regency
Occupation
  • Taxi driver
Reason of arrest
  • Accused of collaborating with armed groups
Arrested by (Institution)
  • Military
  • Police
Arrested by (Unit)
  • Brimob
  • Kodim 1715/Yahukimo
  • Polres Yahukimo
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary Arrest
  • Denial of the Right to a Fair Trial
  • Torture & Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Place of the first detention
Polres Yahukimo
Concerns reported
  • Arbitrary arrest
  • Legal procedure
  • Torture
Current status
  • Released
Date of release
Jun 29, 2025
Sources

HRD | HRM

Additional description

Joint security forces arrested a young man named Peranus Balingga, in Wam Village, Sumo District, Yahukimo Regency, 28 June 2025, at four in the morning. He was arrested when police and soldiers conducted a raid in the village. The officers reportedly entered people's houses without permission and intimidated them.

At Yahukimo Police Station, Perinus was interrogated and tortured. He was hit with gun butts, batons, and kicked with boots. He was asked about the whereabouts of TPNPB members in Yahukimo.

The next morning he was released with injuries and a swollen back.

Related detention facility

Latitude: -4.865770637613093

Longitude: 139.48709778869957

Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
Polres Yahukimo
Related event
  • Raid in Sumo District, Yahukimo