Question about police brutality in India and Indonesia for people who have lived there?

Question

Is police brutality illegal or not in India and Indonesia? What about using excessive force like shooting someone who is stealing? If a police wants to stop someone who has committed a crime and the criminal is running away, can they shoot at them even if the criminal doesn't have a weapon? Tell of any accounts you have seen.

Answer 1

Of course police brutality, informally called third degree, is not legal.

In India at least not all cops carry firearms. There are two types, civil police which includes traffic police and armed police. Only armed police carry firearms and only under special circumstances all cops are issued firearms.

I don't know exactly but I don't think they can shoot to stop a fleeing criminal unless shoot at sight order issued by magistrate. But in shootouts they do kill criminals.

One was gunned down in Pune last week  making total number of shootouts in the city to 17 in last 20 years. The case is different for metropolitan cities like Mumbai, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Enco...