Whether Indonesia's Human Rights minister Natalius Pigai or the department's Munafrizal Manan has urged their military to restrain its military operations creates a comfortable illusion for western audiences, helping to belay advocacy or solidarity that might otherwise have been considered. Even a cursory review reveals the ministry seems more concern for sanctioning revised Criminal Procedure Codes (KUHAP), and when speaking of suffering communities in April and September this year, it is the Malay trans-migrant community that the Ministry appears more concerned for.

Ref: Tempo, News Republika,