A policeman tortured an inmate with a snake to make him confess and everything was recorded

A policeman in Indonesia has placed a snake around a suspect for the oblige to confess a robbery. The fact has been recorded and denounced and disseminated by human rights organizations.

In the video, it appears a young man who shouts while a policeman insulted him. "How many times have you stolen cell phones?", He shouts. "Only twice," replies the man surprised by the snake on his shoulders.

In one part of the sequence, the policeman seems to want place the snake in the mouth of the suspect while his colleagues are laughing.

On Monday, Tonny Ananda Swadaya, the police chief of Jayawijaya District where the incident occurred, apologized in a statement. "An officer is being questioned by Papua's Home Affairs Division," he confirmed. AFP.

The police chief said that the suspect was not in danger. "The snake was trained and was not poisonous or dangerous". The police had this idea "to get a quick confession". But "we will work more professionally in the future", he promised.

Indonesian security forces have been accused on several occasions of abuse against the Melanesian population from the province of Papua. Human rights organizations have reported extrajudicial executions of activists and protesters.

The isolated province is one of the poorest regions d & # 39; Indonesia.