Petrus (Indonesia)
According to official information, the Petrus initiative in Indonesia is a crime -fighting measure that took place between 1983 and 1985 during the Suharto era . Depending on the estimate, between 3000 and 10,000 criminals are said to have been killed without legal proceedings. Their bodies were put on display in public places. These measures created intimidation among the population. The background to the killings remained unclear to large parts of the population at the time. The term peter is an acronym and is made up of the words penembak (an) misterius , which means something like "mysterious shots".
Individual evidence
- ^ Sejarah Indonesia: Orde Baru - The Suharto Years: 1965 to 1998
- ↑ Explanation of the events in the course of the "Petrus" campaign - FREEK COLOMBIJN ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nautilus Institute about "Petrus" ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2007 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
